On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 21:56 +0000, Ólafur Waage wrote: > 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >> > >> > > > Are you just trying to find the current working directory, or are you navigating to a directory with PHP and want to know where you've ended up? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
