I'm not sure how this could be made simpler.
$site_root = realpath(dirname(__FILE__)) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
Call that in any file in the root of *your* web directories, and you
have what is essentially the "document root" for *your* site.
Presumably, you know the *relative* directories of all your files.
Simply append those relative directories + filenames to the $site_root
variable, and you're done.
Paul
Paul, you are right. what you say above is very simple.
I guess I just did a poor job of communicating what I was after.
What I wanted was:
($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
..but an equivelent that would work on any server, even if ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] was turned off.
SO that I could build a universal global include path that would not break in any page, even if I later moved the page up or down a directory.. never requiring editing, despite the page's URL changes.
-G