James,
Thank you. This is precisely what I wanted to know and how to get around
this.
The define() idea is pretty ingenious. =)
Thanks,
Stephen
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Stephen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] on IIS Windows 2000
> You do not have access to that information when running in CGI mode. It's
a
> bitch, but your options are limited:
>
> 1. if you're only running one domain with PHP, set the document_root
> variable in php.ini
>
> 2. define(DOCUMENT_ROOT, "d:\inetpub\wwwroot\domain1") in each page, or
an
> include
>
> 3. the work-around that we use is to set a system environment variable
that
> can then be
> accessed by the line: $HTTP_ENV_VARS["DOMAIN_DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. Our
> solution can
> be construed as dangerous because it theoretically allows any PHP
site
> on the box to
> gain access to another doc root. However, since we have locked down
> each site's
> anonymous user to only have read/write permissions on their own
wwwroot
> (and exec
> permissions on PHP.exe), they are unable to do anything with that
> information.
>
> hth,
> -james.
>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Reply-To: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> From: "Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 14:31:32 -0400
> Subject: HTTP_SERVER_VARS["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] on IIS Windows 2000
>
> Hi,
> I've been trying to find information on this, and none of them directly
tell
> me what I am missing.
>
> I have IIS on Windows 2000 Professional. I have installed PHP as a CGI
> module via the installshield (phpinfo() runs ok, so the installation
appears
> ok).
>
> I look at the list of server variables, and $DOCUMENT_ROOT is not listed.
>
> I don't think this is the same as doc-root in the php.ini.
>
> Can somebody advise as to what I am doing wrong?
> I am trying not to install the ISAPI DLLs.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> --Stephen
>
>
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