[RESOLVED] Again - Where is the server?

JamesBrown

I must be asking this question badly. Let me try again.
I have an Include directory located off the public folder of the web server:

www
[INDENT]Include[/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT]StuffToInclude dir[/INDENT][/INDENT]

And I have a PHP script running at:
www
[INDENT]Include[/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT]StuffToInclude dir[/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT]MyWebPage dir[/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]MyRunningScript.PHP[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]

How can I refer to the Includes directory from the running script?

NogDog

A few of the possibilities:

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/Include/StuffToInclude/file_name.php';
//...or...
include '../Include/StuffToInclude/file_name.php';
//...or...
set_include_path($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/Include/' . PATH_SEPARATOR . get_include_path());
include 'StuffToInclude/file_name.php';

JamesBrown

But doesn't

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

point to the directory of MyRunningScript.php not the web server itself? If so then:

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/Include/StuffToInclude/file_name.php';

would point to a nonexistent directory Up from where MyRunningScript.php is located.

the second example:
include '../Include/StuffToInclude/file_name.php';

would work but only until I moved the original script to another level in the directory structure.

Third example looks like it has the same problem as the first.

I must be missing something basic here. I need an absolute path to the Include directory not a relative one. Is such a thing possible?

bradgrafelman

JamesBrown;10984836 wrote:
But doesn't

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

point to the directory of MyRunningScript.php not the web server itself?

No. $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] points to the root of the web site on the filesystem.

JamesBrown;10984836 wrote:
I need an absolute path to the Include directory not a relative one. Is such a thing possible?

Certainly; use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

JamesBrown

Now I see what is going on.

I'm using Embarcadero RadPHP XE to develop the code and if you create a PHP file anywhere and hit the Run button that's your document root. I think its because it has its own Apache server built in and uses it rather than the one I use for my LocalHost.

Live and learn. Does anyone else use this system and is there a solution?

Thank's for the help.

bradgrafelman

JamesBrown;10984845 wrote:
Does anyone else use this system and is there a solution?

I don't use it (still haven't upgraded IDEs beyond Notepad and a browser window :p), but I would think there's an option to disable the built-in webserver and instead use a "remote" server (which really isn't so remote at all if you set the URL to 'localhost').

If there isn't, perhaps it's time to look for a better IDE?