Re: install error?..bug??

Thanks Jason. I've been chasing this error for over a week with no luck. You have me headed in teh right direction. thanks for your time and help Howard "Jason Wong" <php-general@gremlins.com.hk> wrote in message news:200210180314.54518.php-general@gremlins.com.hk... > On Friday 18 October 2002 02:32, Howard Gillison wrote: > > > and that works. that would tell me that my application is losing "context" > > of it's location (working directory) as it is running. the original code > > says: > > "./file.name" > > and that file.name file is sitting in the SAME directory where the PHP > > script is running. > > I tested on the CGI/CLI version of php using relative paths (and even no > path), and also using Apache + php module and it works in both. So maybe it's > your webserver? > > > So, with that information, is there some nifty setting in the php.ini file > > or soemthing that I can do so that Iplanet server doesn't lose the context > > (or PHP doesn't lose the context) of hte working directory?? > > > hints?? > > You can try using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] which should (if set by your > webserver) give the full system path of wherever the script is residing. > > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > /* > It's amazing how many people you could be friends with if only they'd > make the first approach. > */ >