Another option would be to open the file with a http protocol reference. PHP can access files specifying a URL, and if pointing to your current domain it should work. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php I.e. $fh = fopen("http://www.mydomain.com/filea.txt","r";); You should also be able to get the hostname from the $_SERVER array, depending on your web server $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] on my linux apache server. Good luck, Warren Vail > -----Original Message----- > From: John Nichel [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:56 AM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: getting the phsyical path > > > Josh Howe wrote: > > Sorry if this is a dumb question. Is there a way in php to get the > > physical path the document root of my website? I want to > open a file > > in the root of my web server, i.e. "/", but I won't always > know what > > the physical path to the web root is, and it will vary depending on > > the machine the web app is running on. I've tried using "realpath" > > (e.g. > > realpath("/")) but it doesn't really work. Thanks. > > > > > > $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] > > -- > John C. Nichel > ÜberGeek > KegWorks.com > 716.856.9675 > john@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
