that is why the Snake was suggesting using a mapping :-) On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Mark A. Kruger <[email protected]>wrote:
> > In my experience it will always use a CF mapping first (if found) then > relative path... that would make a good article if I could sort it out... > > Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:56 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: CF9 CreateObject() Maps From Current Directory First? > > > Matt, > > I believe that officially CF would always search relative to the current > directory first, which applies to CFC's and custom tags. > In which case if you instantiate the cfc from within subdir, were you also > have a com/mycfc.cfc then this one would be found first. > > I have generally found that ColdFusion search order is not always reliable > (at least on a shared server with many sites), it sometimes does as above, > but sometimes looks in the webroot first, and if you have custom tag paths > it may look there first as well, so I have always used a mapping to avoid > this problem. > So perhaps the original developer used a mapping if this code used to work > fine before? > > > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Matt Quackenbush > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Ever since CFCs were introduced, the path to them has been derived > > based upon the web root. So, given the following directory structure... > > > > /webroot > > /com > > - myCFC.cfc > > /subdir > > /com > > - myCFC.cfc > > > > ... if I were to do the following... > > > > myCFCInstance = createObject("component","com.myCFC"); > > > > ... no matter what file in the directory structure I did this in, I > > would always be creating an instance of /webroot/com/myCFC.cfc. I > > would **NOT** be creating an instance of /webroot/subdir/com/myCFC.cfc > > unless I provided that full path. E.g. > > > > myCFCInstance = createObject("component","subdir.com.myCFC"); > > > > I am attempting to get a project setup locally (not coded by me) that > > has a directory structure similar to the above. I am running CF > > 9.0.1, which is giving me an instance of the subdirectory's CFC, > > rather than the one right off the web root. I thought I remembered > > seeing a thread about this issue quite some time back, but I cannot find > it anywhere. > > > > Has anyone ever experienced this and/or know a solution? (Other than > > loading up CF8... lol.) > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
