Use includes and set the include path in the php.ini file. Or use a relative path in the include statement itself.
--- Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > Mark Weinstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************** You can't demand something as a "right" unless you are willing to fight to death to defend everyone else's right to the same thing. *************************************** ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs 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/
