Need assistance accessing IIS Virtual Directory

datdjrobp

I've done the whole scour the Internet thing. I think it's time to talk to real people now. You are real, aren't you? 🙂

I'm having trouble accessing a virtual directory on another server. I've managed to get the connection between the two boxes through IIS fixed up. I now have a little box with a green blob in it instead of the red error icon that was hounding me for a couple days.

I am able to type in http://servername/virtual_directory and browse the path I am trying to get to, however I have yet to find a successful way to reference this path through my php scripts.

The virtual directory that I have setup is on the same folder level as the folder that houses the script I'm running, so it should in theory be ..\virtual_dir_name\ but that isn't cutting it. I've tried both is_dir and !is_file as I found on php.net but to no avail.

If you want/need more info just let me know. I'm at wits end here.

cbj4074

Well, IIS is your first problem.

Sorry, I know that's not helpful, but that server is a piece of trash. Is this a situation where platform choice is out of your control, or are you running that garbage server on your own accord? Apache is free, the installer is like 6MB, and it actually works.

I'm only responding because I've noticed your post hasn't had any responses to date, and the obvious reason is because there are probably very few people here who use IIS, and therefore very few people who will have any insight to offer. I can't help you either, because I don't have access to an IIS box running PHP. Sorry 🙁

cbj4074

Actually... I take that back; I can probably help you. Why don't you show us your code, for starters.

When you say "reference this path through my PHP scripts" - in what capacity? Are you trying to use a PHP reference, e.g.

include_once('../virtual_dir_name/somefile.php');

or an HTTP reference, e.g.

<a href="../virtual_dir_name/somefile.php">Click here...</a>

In either case, you need to use foreward slashes, not backslashes. I believe every Web server works this way - even the shittiest one 😉

Roger_Ramjet

Yes, I'm afraid you need to be asking this question in Mickey's Fab Club , though I don't know if many of them speak php there.

datdjrobp

Thanks for replying cbj. What I'm trying to do should be pretty simple. I just need to use the virtual directory as a starting point to iterate through all subdirs. When I run the script on the local drive(s) everything runs as expected, but no matter what I put in for the path to the Virtual Directory I get errors. The Virtual Directory is setup with a name of qa_email and in IIS it is listed as a subfolder to the folder the script sits in.

Example:
[RXP]
- [email_acct_list]
---- [qa_email]
---- index.php

If I put \a2wsadmin\rxp\email_acct_list\qa_email\ in a browser I get a directory listing. If I put it into my script it always kicks down to the else statement. I've tried both is_dir and !is_file and they throw different errors but both get at the same fact, they can't see that directory. Any thoughts? I've run out of ideas.

$tmp_dir = "\\\\SERVER\\rxp\\email_acct_list\\qa_email\\";

if (!is_file($tmp_dir)) {
	DO STUFF
} else {
	echo $_POST['domain']." is not a valid domain.";
}