On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 1:50 PM, admin <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Al [mailto:news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2012 11:44 AM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Best practice question regarding set_include_path() > > For my applications, I've been using includes and other file addressing by > using the doc root as the base dir. e.g. > require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . > '/miniRegDB/includes/miniRegDBconfig.php'; > > Recently, I ran into a problem with a new installation on a shared host > where the doc root was assigned in an unusual manner. I rather not require > setting a custom base dir [instead of $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']'] for my > applications. > > So, I was wondering if it would be good practice to use the > set_include_path() and add the base dir for my applications. I've used this > for dealing with Pear function files on shared servers and had no problems. > > Need some guidance regarding this subject. > > Thanks.... > > -- > > I use define to set the application path > define('BASE_PATH','C:\\inetpub\\vhosts\\yourwebsite.com\\httpdocs\\'); > > Example: > require_once (BASE_PATH. '/miniRegDB/includes/miniRegDBconfig.php'); > > > works great for JQuery paths > > <script> > $(document).ready(function() { > $('#dareport').html('<img src="<?php echo BASE_URL;?>images/loading.gif" > />'); > }); > </script> > > To me it is much better than set_include_path() but works in the same > premise > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > I tend to use a slightly more portable version: define('APP_ROOT',dirname(__FILE__)); in a configuration file. (If the configuration file happens to be at a different depth than the main application file(s), I stack on more dirname's to get back to the application root.) Similarly, I usually need an application URL path. This can be trickier, depending on how you structure your application. This generally works for the applications I develop: define('APP_URL_BASE','http://'.$_SERVER['HOST_NAME'].dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])); -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
