What's Up Dave... yeah, regardless of how deep this goes into the
servers file structure, it should pull out the same thing in the end.
Please print out the response and let us know what happens.
Dave wrote:
PHP General,
The Situation:
I would like to be able to specify locations of scripts and files
relative to the "root" directory from which my web site is served. I
thought this was what $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] was for.
The Problem:
When I use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], it creates a path starting
from somewhere deep down in the server's file structure, below where I
even have authorized access. So if I specify a file like so:
$imageFile = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/images/image.jpg";
... PHP gets lost and doesn't locate it.
What I am looking for is a variable which will specify the base
directory that my web site is rooted in. In other words, starting from
the same directory that my index.html file is in.
The Question:
How do I specify the directory that my web site is situated in, the
same directory where my main index.html file is? Is there a different
variable I should be using, or perhaps some configuration of
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] that needs to be applied?
What I've Tried So Far:
First I went to the on line PHP manual, which is where I found out
about $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in the first place. Of all the server
variables available, 'DOCUMENT_ROOT' seems to describe what I'm
looking for, but doesn't behave how I would expect.
A Google search was equally ineffective in educating me in what
basic concept I am missing.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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