Also, on a Windows machiene, it returns something like c:\htdocs\subsite. Already tried it, but thanks. :-)
I'll be going with your GLOBAL variable suggestion, it seems so obvious now. Thanks for the help! :-) Thanks, Stephen Craton http://www.melchior.us -----Original Message----- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:59 AM To: Aidan Lister Cc: PHP-General Subject: Re: [PHP] Current URL On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 01:38, Aidan Lister wrote: > Hi, > > You could use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] > That doesn't work... as the OP mentioned, the URLs might need to refer locally within a subsite built as a subdirectory within the document root. Cheers, Rob. > > "Robert Cummings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 2004-06-03 at 23:15, Stephen Craton wrote: > > > I've wondered for quite some time, and search just as long it > > > seems > like, > > > for a way to get the current URL directory. For example, let's say > > > you > were > > > at www.example.com/files. The script is executing in this > > > directory, and it's calling an include script from the base > > > (www.example.com or maybe > even > > > www.example.com/includes). In this included file are some links > > > and > maybe > > > some images. These images and links are set up to be called from > > > the > base > > > directory, so basically all the links inside the file say > > > something like "images/bob.gif" or something of that nature. > > > > > > How could you dynamicaly change this in relation to where the > > > included script is? If I were to include it in that files in > > > /files, it would > look > > > for the images in /files/images/bob.gif which would not be there. > > > One solution I have thought of is just putting the / at the > > > beginning > (/images/) > > > but that wouldn't be the safest solution if the script were > > > running in a subfolder to begind with (like the entire site is in > www.example.com/site1). > > > > > > I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Any ideas? > > > > In a configuration file shared by the project's scripts have a > > constant or global variable like follows: > > > > $GLOBALS['imageBase'] = '/site1/'; > > > > Now wherever in your site you use an image you can use this value to > > prepend the image path. > > > > Cheers, > > Blobbie. > > -- > > .------------------------------------------------------------. > > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > > :------------------------------------------------------------: > > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | a > > | powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | such as > > | forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | a | powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | such as | forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- 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
