eGroupWare / PHP / Base File Restriction

[dsgncr8or]

Ok... trying to install this gargantuan app and am stuck getting it to see outside the HTTPDOCS like a user file that needs to be written there by PHP, but am unable to get PHP to see any file at the root... is there a BASE FILE RESTRICTION that I could allow one particular folder to be seen by PHP other than the HTTPDOCS folder.

<- a frustrated office worker.