Reading a file in a different directory php

Question

I am trying to read a file from a directory 2 folders lower than the script. The code works fine when the file is in the same directory but when its lower, it fails every time.

Answer 1

You should just be able to use ../../ at the beginning of the path to go up two directories, unless the permissions on those directories are set incorrectly.

EDIT: as cHao said, adding / to the path will go to the root of the file system, which will almost certainly result in a permission error.