path problem

nellson

Hi,

I have moved my site from a linux/apache based host, to my own localhost, windows/apache.

What would I need to change for it to run on localhost, and what does ($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/Functions.php"); mean?

OS, windows_NT
Php 4.2.3
Apache 1.3.27
MySQL 4

thanks,

designguy79

It may be more difficult that you may thing, depending on how the PHP was coded. If they used relative paths for everything, then you will all set, or if they used "set" paths, but documented them well, it will work okay as well. Try looking around in files such as "header.inc.php" or "init.inc.php"

DOCUMENT_ROOT is Apache's setting to server files from. You will need to change it to point to the files you want, or move all of them into that directory.

HTH

nellson

I need to set the absolute path (on disc and via web) to the scripts.
I'm not sure what this means.

Where does the path begin?

Thanks, Designguy for solving the $document_root prob...

designguy79

You could probably use a relative path, actually. The path starts from where the script is running from. So, if your PHP code is in a file under C:\Web\new_project you can include files using a relative path for C:\Web\new_project\includes by just using "includes\include1.php". The absolute path would be C:\Web\new_project\includes\include1.php which is obviously veyr bad for using on the web, or on a CD. Even if you set it D: (if that is what your CD drive is) anyone with another drive name will have problems.

HTH

nellson

Here are some of the old paths, in the functions.php file when it was up and running at webhost.

//Constants - General
define("InfoEmail","new_project@new_project.com");
define("WebmasterEmail","webmaster@new_project.com");
define("PhotoDirDisk","/opt/guide/www.new_project.com/HTML/new_project2/photos/");
define("PhotoDirWeb","/new_project2/photos/");
define("HTMLDirDisk","/opt/guide/www.new_project.com/HTML/new_project2/html/");
define("HTMLDirWeb","/new_project2/html");
define("RootDirDisk","/opt/guide/www.new_project.com/HTML/new_project2/");
define("RootDirWeb","/new_project2/");

If my path starts at, C:\phpdev\www\HTML\new_project2\ how should I change the old paths?

any help appreciated,

designguy79

You'll need to figure out where to point these two paths to:

define("RootDirDisk","/opt/guide/www.new_project.com/HTML/new_project2/");
define("RootDirWeb","/new_project2/");

The RootDirDisk should be something like
C:\phpdev\www\HTML\new_project2 or C://phpdev//www//HTML//new_project2 or maybe just C:\phpdev\www\HTML\new_project2

Sorry, it's been awhile since I have used Apache on Windows 🙂

The RootDirWeb should be pretty close to being correct, if your Apache DOCUMENT_ROOT is set to C:\phpdev\www\HTML
If it is just C:\phpdev\www then change the RootDirWeb to /HTML/new_project2

Make sense? Let me know...

nellson

have setup the paths, however when I enter the page's URL into the address field, //localhost/HTML/new_project2/ I receive a error message.
fatal error: failed opening required.
'C:/phpdev/www//Functions.php' (include_path = '.;C:/phpdev/php/includes; C:/phpdev/php/class') in c:\phpdev\www\html\new_project2\Counter.php online 9

// Counter.php online 9
require_once($DOCUMENT_ROOT."/Functions.php");

designguy79

The path "'C:/phpdev/www//Functions.php" is not valid... take out the leading slash in counter.php on line 9.

// Counter.php online 9
require_once($DOCUMENT_ROOT."Functions.php");

Of course, you can always look to make sure the file is really there... if you can't navigate to it with Explorer, then PHP is going to have a hard time finding it to. 🆒

nellson

The Functions.php file is in the HTML folder, along with .htaccess, index.php files and the new_project2 folder.
The new_project2 folder contains 22 .php files 3 empty folders for fotos, counter and html, a webmaster and admin folder.

I'm not sure what you mean by, take out the leading slash in counter.php online 9
require_once($DOCUMENT_ROOT."Functions.php"); is the ninth line in counter.php

Thats exactly the problem, if you can't navigate to it with Explorer.

Any ideas,

designguy79

I am guessing then that removing that extra slash didn't solve the problem?

Please keep in mind that there are two paths you are dealing with here. One, would be the way the web server (Apache) fetchs the files, and it's "root" is whever the DOCUMENT_ROOT is set to.

The second path is your file system itself. It's "root" is C:\ or D:\ (on Windows, of course.) When PHP includes a file, you have to specify the file system path. When you are referencing an image, style sheet, or other link in your HTML code, it's all based off the DOCUMENT_ROOT.

Does that clear anything up? 🙂

nellson

thanks designguy,
But what do you mean by removing that extra slash?

designguy79

See my previous post...

The path "'C:/phpdev/www//Functions.php" is not valid... take out the leading slash in counter.php on line 9.

// Counter.php online 9
require_once($DOCUMENT_ROOT."Functions.php");

The string $DOCUMENT_ROOT ends with a "/" and you were combining that with "/Functions" which made a path that is invalid (two slashes next to each other)

HTH

nellson

slash removed, still receiving the same fatal error message🙁

which file should I enter into the address field in order to load the site, or how should the paths of the files and folders be arranged in order to run the site?

any answer appreciated,
thanks

designguy79

Without studying the code extensively, I cannot give a firm answer. I wish I could help you further, but I think the best way is to start hunting yourself. It will be very difficult to manage any web site unless you can track down file errors and understand relative and absolute paths for both the local file system and how the server gives them to the client.

Have fun! 🆒