That is the brick wall i faced. There is no way to know where exactly you are (via DirectoryIndex) locally on the machine. Thanks though. 2008/8/22 Micah Gersten <micah@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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
