The best way, IMHO, is to use absolute paths (from docroot, of course) whenever you include or require files. The same logic can be applied to the related problem of links.
Shaunak > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Gorr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 4:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Website Architecture > > > I've got a directory structure similar to this: > > SiteRootDir > > index.php > > dirA > index.php > > dirB > funcs.php > > otherfuncs.php > > In the SiteRootDir/index.php, I've got: > > require_once( dirB/funcs.php ); > > in funcs.php, I've got: > > require_once( otherfuncs.php ); > > which works because SiteRootDir/index.php is the location from which files > are looked for. > > > However, in dirA/index.php, I've got: > > require_once( ../dirB/funcs.php ); > > and require_once( otherfuncs.php ) in funcs.php cannot be > found. > > A solution I found was in dirA/index.php, to chdir( ".." ); before > the require_once, which moves the current directory to SiteRootDir > and allows otherfuncs.php to be found ... is this the best way to > solve this problem? > > A seperate, but related question.... > > funcs.php contains statements of the form: > > echo "<a href=\"directoryname\">linkname</a><br>"; > > forming a relative URL. Again, this would point to a different > location depending on whether dirA/index.php or SiteRootDir/index.php > called the function containing this relative URL and I want them to > point to the same location. > > I was able to find a solution by doing the following: > > function AFunction( $toRoot ) > { > $location = $toRoot . "locationFromSiteRootDir"; > echo "<a href=\"$location\">linkname</a><br>"; > } > > So, from dirA/index.php, I would call AFunction like: > > AFunction( ".." ); > > Is this the best way to solve this problem? > > Thank you. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
