Directory Commands

[benbox]

Hi,

I don't know if there is a command for this, but if anyone knows there is could you let me know it please?

I am familuar with ../ going down a directory, ./ being current directory and /name obviously being up a directory... but say i was in a 5th directory, i would be doing ../../../../../ to get down to the root (for example, to include a header file there).

So is there a quick command perhaps .../ or something which takes you to the root (for links) whichever folder you were in, so if you were in a 5th directory - you could include "header.inc" from the root without doing all the ../../ business..

if theres a way then i would love to know!

Thanks,
Ben

[pyro]

How about a root path?

include "/root/path/to/file.php";

[benbox]

thats a good idea! ... although im not sure what the root path is ... do you know what the php function is that tells you the path to the file you put it in? ... as I cant seem to find it in the manual! had it ages ago though, but forgotten it.. hehe

thanks v. much 🙂

[pyro]

This should do it for you:

<?PHP
echo $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"];
?>