Trying to be more elegant

specht · May 28th, 2004, 9:34 AM

I'm trying to actually write "real" code again and it is harder than I thought (to many years doing nothing but circuit analysis). A quick question. I want to be able to call a php file no matter where I am in my directory strucutre. Lets call the file mainconfig.php. Of course in this file are tons of variables and paths to files and such so I don't have to keep calling them typing /home/specht/html_public/blah/blah/blah/blah in all my source code.

My quesiton is how do I call a base path to my website. This way, no matter where my site goes, I shouldn't have to go through hell to fix it. BTW, i don't plan on leaving surpass any time soon :1openarms I'm just trying to write a bit better code.

-Andrew

**sam** · May 28th, 2004, 10:29 AM

take a look at documentation on

$_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]
$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]

BTW - also you can refer to paths in a relative sense as well

for instance if the file is /home/user/public_html/general/coolstuff/myphp.php

a reference to
general/coolstuff/myphp.php

will work just fine IF - the referring file is in public_html

but you want something more elegant

May 28th, 2004, 9:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
specht Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jun 2003 30 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Trying to be more elegant I'm trying to actually write "real" code again and it is harder than I thought (to many years doing nothing but circuit analysis). A quick question. I want to be able to call a php file no matter where I am in my directory strucutre. Lets call the file mainconfig.php. Of course in this file are tons of variables and paths to files and such so I don't have to keep calling them typing /home/specht/html_public/blah/blah/blah/blah in all my source code. My quesiton is how do I call a base path to my website. This way, no matter where my site goes, I shouldn't have to go through hell to fix it. BTW, i don't plan on leaving surpass any time soon :1openarms I'm just trying to write a bit better code. -Andrew

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May 28th, 2004, 10:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
sam Surpass Fan Super #1 Joined in Dec 2003 Lives in NJ 5,057 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 4 times	take a look at documentation on $_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] BTW - also you can refer to paths in a relative sense as well for instance if the file is /home/user/public_html/general/coolstuff/myphp.php a reference to general/coolstuff/myphp.php will work just fine IF - the referring file is in public_html but you want something more elegant

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