RE: [PHP] the curse of the period
> The directory and file name:
> museum/trees/admin/upload2.php
>
> The directory I want to store the uploaded file is:
> museum/landmark/photos/
I've found that if you need more control over directory paths than
something fairly simple then you're often best off just declaring a set
of full paths and using them. For example, I often use a config.php to
setup database connections and the like. If I know I'm going to need to
access files in different directories from different parts of a site
I'll usually add something like:
$server_root = "/home/www/some/web/site";
$web_root= "http://www.some.server";;
Then if you need to do an include somewhere you can be sure that
something like this:
Include("$server_root/museum/trees/someinclude.php");
Will work. Equally, referring to a default images directory can be
reliable also by using $web_root.
CYA, Dave
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Re: [PHP] the curse of the period
Thank you Jason, I'll give it a try. Hugh dot dot slash slash Oh what a relief it is! - Original Message - From: "Jason Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 2:33 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] the curse of the period > On Tuesday 11 June 2002 17:04, hugh danaher wrote: > > > I have a php page which gets a file upload from the user and attempts to > > put the file in a remote directory. It is failing big time with the > > following warning: > > > > Warning: Unable to create '../landmark/photos/8000.jpg': No such file or > > directory in /home/www/location/museum/trees/admin/upload2.php on line 27 > > > > The directory and file name: > > museum/trees/admin/upload2.php > > > > The directory I want to store the uploaded file is: > > museum/landmark/photos/ > > > > I've tried two dots, three dots and more but have yet to hit upon the > > combination of dots, slashes or phases of the moon to keep the program from > > puking! > > > > P.S. The page works if the storage directory is closer. > > 'closer' has nothing to do with it! > > Easy way: use absolute directory paths. > > Harder way: the path is relative to wherever your script which in this case is > "museum/trees/admin/", you want to go "museum/landmark/photos/" which is 2 > directories up. Thus "../../landmark/photos/" > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > Growing old isn't bad when you consider the alternatives. > -- Maurice Chevalier > */ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] the curse of the period
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 17:04, hugh danaher wrote: > I have a php page which gets a file upload from the user and attempts to > put the file in a remote directory. It is failing big time with the > following warning: > > Warning: Unable to create '../landmark/photos/8000.jpg': No such file or > directory in /home/www/location/museum/trees/admin/upload2.php on line 27 > > The directory and file name: > museum/trees/admin/upload2.php > > The directory I want to store the uploaded file is: > museum/landmark/photos/ > > I've tried two dots, three dots and more but have yet to hit upon the > combination of dots, slashes or phases of the moon to keep the program from > puking! > > P.S. The page works if the storage directory is closer. 'closer' has nothing to do with it! Easy way: use absolute directory paths. Harder way: the path is relative to wherever your script which in this case is "museum/trees/admin/", you want to go "museum/landmark/photos/" which is 2 directories up. Thus "../../landmark/photos/" -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Growing old isn't bad when you consider the alternatives. -- Maurice Chevalier */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
