File in directory above htdocs

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I have a php login script which looks for users in a MySQL database. Everything works fine when I have the database connection script in htdocs, calling it with .connect_db.php.

However, I want to put the database connection script in the folder above htdocs, to ensure better privacy, since it obviously has to contain my database password. I call the script with ..connect_db.php, but now it fails.

This worked correctly on another web hosting site which I want to transfer from.

Thank you for your help.

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Do you mean add the snippet so .htaccess looks like this…?

# Custom 404 Not Found Error Page
ErrorDocument 404 https://profreehost.com/404/index.php
<files connect_db.php>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</files>
````</t>