Re: accessing level above $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

LAMP wrote: > hi, > > I have this structure: > /home/lamp/mydomain/html > /home/lamp/mydomain/logs > /home/lamp/mydomain/config > etc. > > html directory is the only one accessible from outside. > > to access config file I can use this: > required_once('/home/lamp/mydomain/config'); > > but this is the structure on my local/development machine. once the site > is done it will be moved to "production" server and the structure will be > /srv/www/mydomain/html > /srv/www/mydomain/logs > /srv/www/mydomain/config > etc. > > to "automate" the document_root I define on the begining of the page > > define('HTML_PATH', $_SERVER{"DOCUMENT_ROOT']); > define('CONFIG_PATH', $_SERVER{"DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../config'); > define('LOGS_PATH', $_SERVER{"DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../logs'); > > it works but I think it's not good solution. or at least - it's not nice > solution :-) > > suggestions? > > afan > > Outside of a define, you could have used dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT]), but in a define, that's not going to work. I think you're stuck with your inelegance... -- Peter Ford phone: 01580 893333 Developer fax: 01580 893399 Justcroft International Ltd., Staplehurst, Kent