On Thu, 2008-10-23 at 09:46 -0400, Seth Foss wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: > > Seth Foss wrote: > > > >> Jim Lucas wrote: > >> > >>> Seth Foss wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi everyone, > >>>> > >>>> I am trying to run multiple sites on the same server, that have mostly > >>>> identical code - a pre-built application. > >>>> > >>>> Anyway, I would like to save disk space by specifying independent > >>>> configuration files for each site, then using symbolic links to access > >>>> the rest of the code for the application. > >>>> > >>>> I have managed to configure apache so one such directory is accessed via > >>>> a symlink, which is ok. However, a file within the linked directory > >>>> attempts to include the configuration file (../config.php) from the > >>>> actual parent directory instead of the directory containing the symlink. > >>>> > >>>> Is there any way to configure apache or php to trace back the symlink > >>>> when using '..', or can that only go one direction? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Seth > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> You can set the include path for your code to include the parent > >>> directory > >>> from where the symlink is and then remove the ../ part of the call. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Jim, > >> > >> I had considered that, but I plan to have multiple directories following > >> symlinks to the same place. > >> > >> For example, > >> > >> /var/www/site1 has a config.php and a symlink to var/www/universal/app > >> while > >> /var/www/site2 has a different config.php and a symlink to > >> var/www/universal/app > >> > >> var/www/universal/app has an index.php with include(../config.php) that > >> needs the config from the site that is using it (i.e., sometimes site1, > >> sometimes site2) > >> > >> Does that make sense? Or did I misunderstand your suggestion? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Seth > >> > >> > >> > > > > You might have miss understood me. > > > > In your VHOST entries, make an entry on each domain > > > > <VirtualHost X.X.X.X> > > DocumentRoot /path/to/example.com/public_html > > ServerName example.com > > php_value include_path '/path/to/example.com/public_html > > </VirtualHost> > > > > > > Now you have your app symlinked into the public_html dir as such (guessing > > here) > > > > ln -s /path/to/my/app /path/to/example.com/public_html/app > > > > Now, in the app directory you have index.php that has include > > '../config.php'; > > > > Your problem is that the ../config.php reference refers to > > /path/to/my/app/../config.php == /path/to/my/ > > instead of > > /path/to/example.com/public_html/app/../config.php > > > > Correct??? > > > > This is because it is being referenced logically from > > /path/to/my/app/index.php > > > > any symbolically from > > /path/to/example.com/public_html/app/index.php > > > > If that is the case, add the vHOST entry that I talked about above, then > > reference the config file as include 'config.php'; and it will then look in > > the include_path location(s) for the files and not think of referencing the > > current directory that it is in. > > > > Mind you that you can also enter this information into a .htaccess that is > > located in the /path/to/example.com/public_html/ directory. As long as > > .htaccess files are allowed. > > > > I usually have my include_path set to ".:/path/to/example.com/public_html/" > > in > > my vhosts entry for each domain. > > > > Hope this helps > > > I did misunderstand. This approach is working for me. Unfortunately, as > I am implementing it, it seems there are more files than I expected that > utilize a series of '..'s instead of the absolute path from the config > file, and more files than I expected that include the config file > themselves. > > However, these would cause me the same headaches with any of the > proposed solutions. > > Long story short, problem is solved. Setting the include path in VHOST > lets me set it uniquely for each site, and then including config.php > directly (no ..) uses that include path to grab the appropriate config file. > > Thanks to everyone for your help, and especially you, Jim, for your > elegant solution.
You could probably set a value in the vhost that makes the absolute path to the web root available to your script. Personally, I hate to rely on anything magical like non-standard include paths :) Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
