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PHP Using external disk drive for download files

I have a problem with linking my external storage to my PHP home directory.

I'm using Litespeed web server on Linux Centos 6 and everything work normally in my user home directory.

But I want to create a load balancer between my 2 hard drives for serving better in peak times.

I use configs below in httpd.conf to creating an alias and it works well when I'm trying to download files directly like https://example.com/cdn/file.mp4

Alias /cdn/ "/cdn/files/"
<Directory "/cdn/files">
    Options Indexes MultiViews
    AllowOverride All
    Require all granted
    Allow from all
</Directory>

But if I try to use the path in php scripts for example check file_exists seems that I can't.

I set my home user and group in external directories.

Any idea ?!

Update 1 : I tried symbolinks from home dir to external dir and still no result.

Update 2 : my simple php code :

<?php 
  if(file_exists('/cdn/files/file.mp4') || file_exists('/cdn/file.mp4') || file_exists('./cdn/file.mp4') || file_exists('./~cdn/file.mp4')){
    echo "yes";
  }else{
    echo "no";
  }
?>

result : no

Solution

  • The problem was in php.ini open_basedir value. I must append the full path to the new disk in open_basedir value.

    Also add open_basedir value in httpd.conf file like below:

    <Directory "/home/user/public_html">
   php_admin_value open_basedir /home/user/public_html/:/cdn/files
</Directory>

<VirtualHost myip:80>
   <Directory "/home/user/public_html">
      php_admin_value open_basedir /home/user/public_html/:/cdn/files
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost myip:443>
   <Directory "/home/user/public_html">
      php_admin_value open_basedir /home/user/public_html/:/cdn/files
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

    I hope this be useful for someone :)