RE: [PHP] file_exists() not working correctly?
| From: | Chris Haensel | Date: | Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:32:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] file_exists() not working correctly? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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-:- -----Original Message-----
-:- From: Chris [mailto:dmagick@gmail.com]
-:- Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 9:49 AM
-:- To: Chris Haensel
-:- Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
-:- Subject: Re: [PHP] file_exists() not working correctly?
-:-
-:-
-:- > That worked like a charm. Now, can you tell me why that
-:- exact same function
-:- > works with a relative path on another server and with a
-:- "full path only" on
-:- > this server? I am glad that it works, but would also
-:- like to understand why
-:- > :o)
-:-
-:- Could be different document roots for apache, different
-:- environment
-:- settings, lots of things.
-:-
-:- If you have a config variable for the base folder of your
-:- app, try to
-:- use that.
-:-
-:- If you don't, then work out the path relative to the file
-:- this function
-:- is in.
-:-
-:- $mydir = dirname(__FILE__);
-:- $path_to_folder = $mydir . '/../../images/....';
-:-
-:- That way it's relative to the file the function is in and
-:- you don't have
-:- to change it each time you put it on a new server.
-:-
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Thanks mate! Appreciate your help!!
Have a great day all!
Chris