Thanks Jim, So, I'll have to use a variable with the actual domain name i.e. $baseaddr = "http://www.actualdomain.com/common/";;
All the sub-domains use the same format, images, styles and common php modules. Seems a waste to have to edit them all individual. I seem to remember reading somewhere that system admins don't like you to use absolute addressing. Is this true, or I'm I mistaken? ----- Original Message ----- From: "captain_jims" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: [php-list] Re: sub-domains > The answer to this question is that it depends on how the web server > is setup. > > Simplifying greatly: > First, virtual directories are established and then the domains are > assigned to them. The root directory is usually the domain name and > the default virtual directory. > > Then, the sub domain names are assigned to perhaps the same or other > virtual directories. But most typically to directories that are lower > in the directory structure that the domain related directory. > > Every virtual directory is a root, and the security settings of the > server config do not allow you to go up the directory structure above > the root, ie, the directory assigned to the virtual directory. > > In other words, the server admin is in control here. And he can build > a variety of combinations. On my main server, I have multiple domain > names pointed to the same virtual directory with different behaviors > configured depending on the domain name used. Not what you want, but > an example of how the server admin can change the behavior. > > Jim > > > --- In [email protected], "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you've got sub-domains on a server, how do you access a root > directory from a sub-domain? >> As they are sub-domains, I obviously can't use > $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; >> >> I thought $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; or $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']; might > do it, but it doesn't. >> Is this possible? >> TIA. Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
