On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 22:13 -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Ólafur Waage <olafurw@xxxxxxxxx> 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
> >
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> Maybe dirname(__FILE__) will help.
When I'm looking for candidates to determine stuff like this I usually
do print_r( $_SERVER ) and see what's what.
Cheers,
Rob.
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