You might want to try a Redirect Rule or rewrite which would tell you the HTTP PATH. AFAIK, there is no way to know which directory they tried to access unless you write your own index.php and store it in a session variable. Thank you, Micah Gersten onShore Networks Internal Developer http://www.onshore.com Ólafur Waage wrote: > Thanks for the reply Micah but i have no interest in the URL. I am > looking for the servers local path to the directory. (example: > /var/www/directory/ or C:\apache\htdocs\directory\) > Also the HTTP_REFERER is empty unless you are linked in from another > location. And then it gives you the URL you came from. > > Ólafur Waage. > > 2008/8/22 Micah Gersten <micah@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > >> Once you tell apache to load /example/index.php, that's where you are. >> You might try looking at the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']. >> >> Thank you, >> Micah Gersten >> onShore Networks >> Internal Developer >> http://www.onshore.com >> >> >> >> Ólafur Waage wrote: >> >>> I'll throw out an example here. >>> >>> I have a directory structure of: /var/www/example/ >>> And in that i have a file: index.php >>> That file echo's getcwd() and returns: /var/www/example/ >>> >>> Now i tell Apache or Lighty that if a directory does not have an >>> index.php file, that it should use /example/index.php (for example via >>> DirectoryIndex of Apache) >>> >>> Then i make a new directory: /var/www/test/ >>> And browse to it and it echo's /var/www/example/ since its running >>> that file via DirectoryIndex >>> >>> This is true for all directories i make. Both for Windows and Linux >>> based servers. >>> >>> To my question. >>> >>> I am trying to get the full path of the current directory i am in. Not >>> from where the file is executing. How is that possible so it displays >>> a full path to that directory (regardless to the server setup)? >>> >>> I have tried a variation of things and have gotten mixed results. >>> Using $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] gives me the index file and the full >>> path to that. >>> $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] gets me part of the way but on a hosted >>> server with multiple domains it only gives me a partial path (rough >>> example: /var/www/ when the directory is /var/www/domain.com/test/) >>> And __FILE__ gives me the index.php's path. >>> I have also tried realpath("."); >>> And server("pwd"); with no luck. >>> >>> Any help would be appreciated. >>> >>> Ólafur Waage >>> >>> >>> > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
