opendir(...) problem

[tbone2k]

Hi,

I am trying to load some files into an Array but when i run the code i get an error which points to the following line in my code:

$entries=opendir("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/admin/users");

the error says:

failed to open dir: Invalid argument in c:\program files\apache group\apache\htdocs\web\index.php on line 6

could it be a permissions problem
Any suggestions.....

[Mordecai]

No, it's not a permissions problem, it's a problem with what you supplied opendir() with. Try echoing this out, see what it looks like:
echo("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/admin/users");

Also, you shouldn't use $DOCUMENT_ROOT alone, you should use the safer version, $SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. To use this version, you'll have to put the $SERVER variable on the outside of the quotes:
echo("$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]/admin/users");

[tbone2k]

Try echoing this out, see what it looks like:
echo("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/admin/users");

i did this and it outputs:
c:/program files/apache group/apache/htdocs/admin/users

which is exactly the same as when I do:
echo($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/admin/users");

To use this version, you'll have to put the $SERVER variable on the outside of the quotes:
echo("$SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]/admin/users");

this is invalid syntax

🙂

[Mordecai]

echo("$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]/admin/users");

Well, I meant to put that on the outside, I guess I didn't. 😛

I've tested it using this code:
$dir = opendir($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/fonts");

And it works perfectly fine.