# Accessing files outside of web root

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-files-outside-of-web-root/204050
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [October 16, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-files-outside-of-web-root/204050 "2006-10-16T18:37:03Z")
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### Author: ![anakadote](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/anakadote/32/2119_2.png) [@anakadote](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anakadote)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/accessing-files-outside-of-web-root/204050/1 "2006-10-16T18:37:03Z")

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Is there a way to load a file, specifically audio, from outside of the root web directory? I have audio files placed outside the root so that they cannot be directly accessed through a Web browser. Can Flash do this, or is there a way to use PHP to feed the file into Flash?

Thanks.