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rahenkamp



Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 17:09    Post subject: php :: DOCUMENT_ROOT not working correctly Reply with quote

Hi,

I just moved a bunch of code that I have from a MacOXS apache environment and for the includes that I use on the site I use require_once($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT]."/include/filename.php")

I am finding that this is not working as expected and since I am new to the Windows Apache environment I like to find out how you guys handle reletive referencing for include files.

TIA

d
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7374
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 17:14    Post subject: Reply with quote

That is a bit tricky. It depence from the pathsetting in httpd.conf to run the script unter *nix, Windows, and Mac OS try

Code:

$this_dir=substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],0,strrpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],"/")+1);
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rahenkamp



Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 17:45    Post subject: Reply with quote

James Blond wrote:
That is a bit tricky. It depence from the pathsetting in httpd.conf to run the script unter *nix, Windows, and Mac OS try

Code:

 $this_dir=substr($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],0,strrpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],"/")+1);


This does not quite work for me. I have the following folder structure.

ROOT |
|Grades|
index.php
| admin <-folders in grades
| classes
| includes
| faculty
| skins


if I use what I have always used ,which lets say, I need to load a skin I would have used:

include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/grades/skins/$SKIN/header.php");

which would have produced: (in the mac environment)

/library/webserver/documents/grades/skins/forestgreen/header.php

if I do a straight substitution of $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] with $this_dir from the code above I would get on the windows server this:

/grades/admin/skins/forestgreen/header.php

When I really need /grades/skins/forestgreen/header.php

If I directly use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in the windows environment I would get:

C:/Apache2/htdocs/grades/skins/forestgreen/footer.php

which is the correct physical path but when I do a require_once the script comes to a halt.

This is a HUGE problem for me if I can't resolve it.


Thanks again for your help

d
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pnllan



Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 221

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 18:22    Post subject: Reply with quote

Per relative reference:

admin is a sub of grades right? If so, and I have a file in admin and want to refernce to a file in the docroot then:

../../aFileInTheDocroot.php

Next, if I have a file in admin and want to reference to the skinsfolder then:

../../skins/aFileInSkinsDir.php
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rahenkamp



Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 18:51    Post subject: Reply with quote

pnllan wrote:
Per relative reference:

admin is a sub of grades right? If so, and I have a file in admin and want to refernce to a file in the docroot then:

../../aFileInTheDocroot.php

Next, if I have a file in admin and want to reference to the skinsfolder then:

../../skins/aFileInSkinsDir.php



I have done that with no results and in fact is one of the ways I normally code. This is a new install as per the instructions on this site. Initially the install had some problems. I am totally stumped on this and I am under deadline to get it done.

Again my setup

root/grades

with

/admin
/classes
/includes
/skins

located in /grades

If I am trying to load a skin within the /admin folder I have always used:

include_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/grades/skins/$SKIN/header.php");

If I do an echo($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/grades/skins/$SKIN/header.php") in windows the result is:

c:/apache2/htdocs/grades/skins/forestgreen/header.php

which is the correct path but the include or require fails.


Grrrrrr

This works perfectly in MacOSX apache but breaks in Win apache. I am at my wits end on this. I have googled this till the cows come home and I am not getting any results.

Thanks

d
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pnllan



Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 221

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 19:07    Post subject: Reply with quote

I understand your issue very well, and have seen it before. I would need to see the code, it has to be something in it. Most likely it is a sensitivity to paths (Mac v. Win) issue. Without seeing the code, use a PHP reference and note Windows specifics with regards to paths (require and include specifically).

If you post code, just post what is pertaint to this issue.
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rahenkamp



Joined: 08 Aug 2006
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 19:53    Post subject: Reply with quote

pnllan wrote:
I understand your issue very well, and have seen it before. I would need to see the code, it has to be something in it. Most likely it is a sensitivity to paths (Mac v. Win) issue. Without seeing the code, use a PHP reference and note Windows specifics with regards to paths (require and include specifically).

If you post code, just post what is pertaint to this issue.


<?
$SKIN="forestgreen";

echo($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/$SKIN/footer.php");

include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/include/config.php");
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/include/functions.php");
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/$SKIN/header.php");

?>

This only produced the result of the echo which is:

C:/Apache2/htdocs/grades/skins//footer.php

Please note that the variable $SKIN did not show in the result.

Nothing is included. ZIP, NADA

Since this is a new install do you thing that perhaps that is where the issue might lie?

Thanks

d
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pnllan



Joined: 05 Dec 2005
Posts: 221

PostPosted: Wed 09 Aug '06 20:55    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just noticed that $SKIN is part of the string rather than being added to the string. What happens when you concatenate the variable SKIN as such:

Code:
echo($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/".$SKIN."/footer.php";
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/include/config.php");
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/include/functions.php");
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/".$SKIN."/header.php");

rather than:

echo($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/$SKIN/footer.php"
...
...
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/grades/skins/$SKIN/header.php");

You need to concatenate the Variable SKIN into the string like you did the GLOBAL Variable as shown in the above code block.
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