PHP and Apache variables

[Anon]

Hi there!

Is there any way to change the DOCUMENT_ROOT variable in PHP?

The thing is that I have one IP address and I want to change the DOCUMENT_ROOT depending on the HTTP_HOST variable.

For example: I have test.com and fake.com and they have their DOCUMENT_ROOT in /home/httpd/html/test and /home/httpd/html/test/fake respectively.

So, I want
<?
$root = getenv("DOCUMENT_ROOT");
$host = getenv("HTTP_HOST");
if ($host == "fake.com") {
$DOCUMENT_ROOT = "/home/httpd/html/test/fake ";
exit;
} else {
$DOCUMENT_ROOT = "/home/httpd/html/test/";
exit;
}

Is that possible to do without tweaking Apache conf files.

Thanks!

Sincerely yours,
Lubomyr Haidamaka
DMedia(tm) Ltd.
LHDM1-RIPE
tel. [phone]
ICQ 57530719
[e-mail]

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[Anon]

DOCUMENT_ROOT is set by Apache, PHP can at best report on its setting; changing it within a PHP script won't change the Apache configuration.

So you're stuck having to muck in the Apache conf files, which is as it should be, because different virtual hosts should be served out of different directories.

[Anon]

That's what I thought. But there should be some workaround for this problem I think.
I tried function header() but it only redirects to another URL. I tried also require() but that doesn't work properly either.

I will be digging into it. Who knows maybe I will find something. If it could be done a thousands of people around the world will sign with relief. Especially for those who don;t have a root access on the servers.

Sincerely yours,
Lubomyr Haidamaka
DMedia(tm) Ltd.
LHDM1-RIPE
tel. [phone]
ICQ 57530719
[e-mail]

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names and hosting. http://dmedia-ua.com

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