use virtual hosts to develop locally but upload throws error in source file references

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: use virtual hosts to develop locally but upload throws errorin source file references

Michael Fesser wrote:

.oO(Jerry Stuckle)
>

>And if you ever change hosts to someone using the Apache extension,
>you'll be SOL. It's even worse if you change to a Windows host.

>
Why should I? My own sites and the sites I maintain are hosted on
servers carefully chosen by me. There's no reason to change.
>
Micha

And I've heard that one so many times before. The last time just a few
months ago with a company who had been an excellent provider for years.

Companies change. Management changes. Companies get new owners. And
companies go out of business.


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[Manish]

Re: use virtual hosts to develop locally but upload throws error in source file references


As I am not having much experience, I don't know if the following will
result any security vulnerability, or may be effect at other part of
the code causing unexpected results internally.

/* concat path */

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .= "/clients/site1";


But for temporary purpose, can this be used at the top of every page/or
any common page that is being included by all other files.



What I generally do is,

(in config file)

define('APP_DIR ', '/any/path/if/present/');
define('APP_FUL L_URL', 'http://'.$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].APP_DIR);

and use "APP_FULL_U RL" to include files, etc.


Other is I define a variable $basepath at the top of every page, that
is relative to the directory that has main index file for the site.

/
all files have $basepath="./";

/dir1/
/dir2/
all files have $basepath="./../";


/dir1/subdir1/
/dir2/subdir1/
all files have $basepath="./../../";

defined at top of page.

And $basepath is used for including all other files.


May not be good way to do, but has been working fine for all projects
till now.



Paul wrote:

On my development computer, I have virtual named host set up, like
www.site1.lab.
>
When I upload those to my web site for customer review under
mywebsite.com/clients/site1/
it throws some of the source file references off and it does not work
properly.
>
My references are like:
require_once($_ SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/utility/top.php");
>
Obviously those will not work since $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] references
mywebsite.com.
>
Is there anything I can do in apache.conf for a virtual directory that would
make it so when I upload a site for customer review, I don't have to change
the source references?

[Paul]

Re: use virtual hosts to develop locally but upload throws error in source file references

ALl good thoughts - I'll give them a try - many thanks