require ./global.php and .htaccess

[Ruth]

i tried to add the require global.php in my non vB pages...but because the whole area (vB & non vB) is protected with .htaccess file...it can't call the global.php

Why is that?

is there a way around it ?

Thanks

[Mike Sullivan]

I've never had a problem require()'ing files under an .htaccess protection -- AFAIK, it's a direct system call to get the file. The OS doesn't know what .htaccess does.

[Ruth]

strange, because once i remove the line "require valid user" from the .htaccess file, and refresh the *.php file that requires the global.php, it works...when i add the line back and refresh it stops working.