[RESOLVED] directories

182x

Hey guys,

Am I correct in saying that if I want to link to a back directory in a website i would use the following '..' for example location:"../home/test.php"?

and when you move back to a directory such as home you can then just call the pages as normal within it such as location:"test.php"?

Thanks.

laserlight

Yes, if I read you correctly. In this context, ".." means "parent directory" and "." means "current directory". So "test.php" would just refer to the file with that name in the current directory.

NogDog

Note that if you are referring to redirection via a "Location:" HTTP header via the header() function, to be HTTP-1.1 compliant you should always use a full URI:

header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/page.php";
// NOT: header("Location: ../page.php");

182x

Thanks for the replies would it still work using

header("Location: ../page.php");

or does it only work with the full URI?

thanks again.

NogDog

Most browsers will probably handle it OK with the relative path, but it is not correct according to the HTTP 1.1 standard. Therefore my recommendation that you always use a full URI for Location: redirects, as that should always work, while there is a possibility that the relative link will not. (Even if that possibility is a slim one, why risk it for the sake of saving a few keystrokes?)

182x

Thanks, I am just learning PHP so running it off the local host but when I upload the work I do I will be sure to change the links. Is there software that can do this or will it be a long manual job?

suntra

Something like this should do it...

$strParent_Directory	= rtrim(dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']), '/');
$strParent_Directory	= substr($strParent_Directory, 0, (strrpos($strParent_Directory, '/') + 1));
$strComplete_URL		= 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $strParent_Directory . 'file.php';
header('Location: ' . $strComplete_URL);

... where "file.php" is the file you want to redirect to in the parent directory...

182x

Nice code, thanks