title: Can PHP easily open file outside the WWW on a Unix filesystem?
body: <p>I have a web app where my php reads a file from the windows file system</p>
  
  <pre><code>$file = file_get_contents("C:/windows/blah.ini");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>No permissions or whatever hacks necessary, it just works perfectly. </p>
  
  <p>I will soon need to install my app on a Unix OS (Ubuntu for now) and i was wondering if this can also work as well or do i have to deal w/ some work arounds to do this since i'm accessing a file outside WWW directory and in the OS directory..</p>
  
  <p>Regards to all</p>