Re: Difficulty navigating symlinks

Seth Foss wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am trying to run multiple sites on the same server, that have mostly > identical code - a pre-built application. > > Anyway, I would like to save disk space by specifying independent > configuration files for each site, then using symbolic links to access > the rest of the code for the application. > > I have managed to configure apache so one such directory is accessed via > a symlink, which is ok. However, a file within the linked directory > attempts to include the configuration file (../config.php) from the > actual parent directory instead of the directory containing the symlink. > > Is there any way to configure apache or php to trace back the symlink > when using '..', or can that only go one direction? > > Thanks, > Seth > You can set the include path for your code to include the parent directory from where the symlink is and then remove the ../ part of the call. -- Jim Lucas "Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare