Suitable web host/hosting package for working through PHP solutions 2nd edition

Hi all,
I'm learning PHP and MySQL and working through the David Powers title PHP Solutions (second edition) and I'm a bit stuck in Chapter 4 on the point of where to locate your include files. The book says that for security reasons its seriously worth considering locating all of your includes files especially those containing passwords etc, outside of your server root and then adjusting the include_path.
I don't think I can edit the php.ini file as my hosting package is shared hosting and I can't afford to pay so much more for the kind of hosting package that will allow me to edit the php.ini file, so then I'm looking at the options of using a .htaccess file to change the configuration or using  include_path() but my web hosts seem very restrictive as to the use of .htaccess and also I don't think my web hosts offer a folder outside of the web root to put my includes files. One of them has even said "files outside of the public_html will be visible and it will turn up that your website will not work properly or not work at all". This web host suggests alternatively using htpasswd and htaccess to password protect folders containing sensitive data.
Can anyone recommend a good web host and hosting package that will support what I'm trying to achieve working through this book?
Many thanks.

I'm glad to hear that Power's makes that recommendation. It is wise to put passwords and data access files outside the web root.
Have you tested this on your current web host? Using the file manager they provide, can you go above public_html and create directories and add files?
I don't use shared hosting so I can't suggest a host for you, but if it's really true that you can't add files above the web root and you can't activate htaccess files, then find a host that does. I would also recommend going with a host that uses cPanel, just because it makes it easier to move from host to host, and make sure you get PHP version 5.3 and mysql version 5.
I don't find it convenient to put all the include files above the root, just the password and data access files.

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