You want DOCUMENT_ROOT. If you have a file /home/groups/myproject/htdocs/file.php
then, from within that file.php, DOCUMENT_ROOT is /home/groups/myproject/htdocs/ I think it would be $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in newer versions of PHP. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Crockford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 6:01 PM > To: Php-General@Lists. Php. Net > Subject: [PHP] document_root > > Hi > > what exactly does document_root do? > > Does it give to path to the file from the server root? > > or does it give the path to the server root? > > has something changed in 4.2.2 > > If I want the path to the document I'm in how do I get it? > > looked everywhere (manual, books and archive), but the answer is > probably so simple I'm not looking in the right place. > > help and abuse gratefully received. > > Thanks > > Tony > > > -- > 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
