Re: path problems

I understand all of the file size ones. What I really don't understand is why neither of the following examples work: /* example 1 */ /* where $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs */ $file = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'; readfile($file); /* example 2 */ $file = 'archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'; readfile($file); Thanks for the help so far, Best Regards, Scott

-----Original Message----- From: Scott Taylor [mailto:scotttaylor@bigfoot.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:34 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] path problems I have the following file: http://domain.com/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf For some reason this works: filesize('archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); but this does not: filesize('/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); nor does this filesize('http://domain.com/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); For some reason this works: readfile('http://domain.com/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); but this does not: readfile('/archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); nor does this: readfile('archive/newsletters/Dec03.pdf'); Can someone explain this to me? Thanks for all the help, Scott Taylor