title: Accessing files outside the document root with Apache
body: <p>I have a project setup and i'm trying to access a file from a temp folder on the server.</p>
  
  <p>The document root for the website is similar to this:</p>
  
  <p>/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/mywebsite.com (of the letters have proper names).</p>
  
  <p>The file I need to read lives here:</p>
  
  <p>/a/b/c/myfile.txt </p>
  
  <p>I've tried symbolic links but may have done them wrong... any ideas?</p>