Re: Quick question regarding getcwd() and directory location.

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I am within a certain directory of the server via the browser.

Example:

http://www.example.com/foo/bar
would be
/var/www/example.com/foo/bar

And Apache's DirectoryIndex feature is opening a index.php file that
is located at
/var/www/example.com/test/index.php

And from that file i need to figure out the full local path of
/foo/bar (which would be /var/www/example.com/foo/bar ) or any other
directory i browse too.

Ólafur Waage

2008/8/22 Ashley Sheridan <ash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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
>
>

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