including files - paths

[Geoff Berrow]

If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain all
the project files before uploading this to the root of the production
server. The trouble is that if I do:
include('/myfile.php')
this looks at the root of local host, as it should and not at the root
of the working directory. It means that if I want to use absolute
links, I have to change them before I upload.

Or am I missing something blindingly obvious?

I'm pretty sure this has been done before (FAQ entry material?), but not
for a while. :-)
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[Hans van Kranenburg]

Re: including files - paths

Geoff Berrow wrote:[color=blue]
> If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain
> all the project files before uploading this to the root of the
> production server.[/color]
[color=blue]
> The trouble is that if I do:
> include('/myfile.php') this looks at the root of local host, as it
> should and not at the root of the working directory. It means that
> if I want to use absolute links, I have to change them before I
> upload.[/color]

Change or extend your local configuration so that it reflects the
configuration at the remote server.

An easy way is creating a virtual host on your local box with a
documentroot pointing to the wannabe /...
[color=blue]
> Or am I missing something blindingly obvious?[/color]
No, I don't think so

Hans

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[Geoff Berrow]

Re: including files - paths

I noticed that Message-ID: <4260189c$0$147 $e4fe514c@news. xs4all.nl> from
Hans van Kranenburg contained the following:
[color=blue]
>Change or extend your local configuration so that it reflects the
>configuratio n at the remote server.
>
>An easy way is creating a virtual host on your local box with a
>documentroot pointing to the wannabe /...[/color]

Any idea where I might find instructions on how to do that?

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[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Re: including files - paths

Geoff Berrow wrote:[color=blue]
> If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain[/color]
all[color=blue]
> the project files before uploading this to the root of the production
> server. The trouble is that if I do:
> include('/myfile.php')
> this looks at the root of local host, as it should and not at the[/color]
root[color=blue]
> of the working directory. It means that if I want to use absolute
> links, I have to change them before I upload.[/color]

The quick solution is to use relative path (something like
.../foo.php or ./foo.php). But, if we use relative path for all
includes, it will hit performance. So, I use something like:

<?php
//config.inc.php
$CFG['project_path'] = '/home/foo/foo/';
//etc etc
?>

<?php
//foo.php
require_once('. ./common/config.inc.php' ); //relative to project
require_once($C FG['project_path'] . 'html/header.html'); //absolute
//etc etc...
require_once($C FG['project_path'] . 'html/footer.html'); //absolute
?>

As seen, only one path is relative. I even have a mechanism to auto
detect the project path in config.inc.php.
[color=blue]
> I'm pretty sure this has been done before (FAQ entry material?), but[/color]
not[color=blue]
> for a while. :-)[/color]

Yes, this has to be included in FAQ. But, what could be an
appropriate question?

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