Document root not website root

**Randell D.** · Jul 17 '05, 12:45 AM

Re: Document root not website root

"jpb" <jpb@arcor.de > wrote in message
news:pan.2003.1 0.25.10.59.10.7 43551@arcor.de. ..[color=blue]
> Could someone please help me with this.
>
> I want to use PHP in my website; but run into a snag, the recommended
> method of calling an include is:
> <?php include($_SERVE R["DOCUMENT_R OOT"]."/inc/css-gateway.inc"); ?>
>
> when I try
> <?php ECHO $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"]; ?> the document root is shown as
> /usr/local/apache/htdocs/
>
> However the website root is at:
> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www
>
> How do I redirect $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"] to the my website root? Is
> there a global variable that can be used? I do not wish to rewrite a lot
> of pages if I were to change web host in the future.
>
> from the error logs
>
> [Sat Oct 25 06:32:51 2003] [error] PHP Warning:
> main(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/inc/css-gateway.inc): failed to open stream:
> No such file or directory in
> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www/de/immobilien/main.php on line 15
>
>
> [Sat Oct 25 06:32:51 2003] [error] PHP Warning: main(): Failed opening
> '/usr/local/apache/htdocs/inc/css-gateway.inc' for inclusion
> (include_path=' .:/usr/local/lib/php') in
> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www/de/immobilien/main.php on line 15
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul[/color]

Have you examined the output of phpinfo();

You have two different paths noted in your log file - One in
/usr/local/apache/htdocs, and the other in /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com.
The "/mnt" in one file path leads me to believe you are using NFS, which if
true, is likely to be part of the problem... If you are using Apache, I know
it can serve on an NFS server, however I do know there are some issues that
one must consider when configuring the server - I can't recall what they are
but maybe that gives you a couple of things to work on... an alternative
workaround would be to create a variable that has your "include" directory
hard-coded which you use instead of using "$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]" -
therefore whenever you move the script, you only have to change one
variable, but I don't really like that sort of idea.

Hope that gives you some ideas...

**jpb** · Jul 17 '05, 12:46 AM

Re: Document root not website root

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 06:11:11 +0000, Randell D. wrote:
[color=blue]
>
> "jpb" <jpb@arcor.de > wrote in message
> news:pan.2003.1 0.25.10.59.10.7 43551@arcor.de. ..[color=green]
>> Could someone please help me with this.
>>
>> I want to use PHP in my website; but run into a snag, the recommended
>> method of calling an include is:
>> <?php include($_SERVE R["DOCUMENT_R OOT"]."/inc/css-gateway.inc"); ?>
>>
>> when I try
>> <?php ECHO $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"]; ?> the document root is shown as
>> /usr/local/apache/htdocs/
>>
>> However the website root is at:
>> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www
>>
>> How do I redirect $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"] to the my website root? Is
>> there a global variable that can be used? I do not wish to rewrite a lot
>> of pages if I were to change web host in the future.
>>
>> from the error logs
>>
>> [Sat Oct 25 06:32:51 2003] [error] PHP Warning:
>> main(/usr/local/apache/htdocs/inc/css-gateway.inc): failed to open
>> stream: No such file or directory in
>> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www/de/immobilien/main.php on line 15
>>
>>
>> [Sat Oct 25 06:32:51 2003] [error] PHP Warning: main(): Failed opening
>> '/usr/local/apache/htdocs/inc/css-gateway.inc' for inclusion
>> (include_path=' .:/usr/local/lib/php') in
>> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www/de/immobilien/main.php on line 15
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul[/color]
>
> Have you examined the output of phpinfo();
>
> You have two different paths noted in your log file - One in
> /usr/local/apache/htdocs, and the other in
> /mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com. The "/mnt" in one file path leads me to
> believe you are using NFS, which if true, is likely to be part of the
> problem... If you are using Apache, I know it can serve on an NFS server,
> however I do know there are some issues that one must consider when
> configuring the server - I can't recall what they are but maybe that gives
> you a couple of things to work on... an alternative workaround would be to
> create a variable that has your "include" directory hard-coded which you
> use instead of using "$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]" - therefore whenever you
> move the script, you only have to change one variable, but I don't really
> like that sort of idea.
>
> Hope that gives you some ideas...[/color]

I have a work around, not very elligent but works like a Lada

conf.php

<?php
//CONTENT OF THE FILE
$mydocumentroot =$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"];

if($mydocumentr oot!="/home/jpb/public_html/www")
{
$mydocumentroot ="/mnt/home/www/canadian-dream.com/www";
}
//END OF THE INCLUDED FILE
?>

on webpage <?php include("../../../etc-etc-/inc-php": ?>
then use <?php include($mydocu mentroot."bla.i nc") ?>

Paul

Document root not website root

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