Re: virtual host problem

Re question 2: You can set this using the php_value command in apache. I think you need to have the SAPI version configured for this to work though. You might want to check that out. I have only done this on XP, haven't tried it on linux yet. <VirtualHost *> ServerAdmin blah@blah.com DocumentRoot "D:\web\wilson\www" ServerName blah.blah.com ErrorLog "D:\web\blah\logs\error.log" CustomLog "D:\web\blah\logs\access.log" common php_value include_path "D:\web\blah\includes" </VirtualHost> So your www directory would exist within D:\web\blah\www, keeping your includes safe. In your php.ini you can leave your includes line blank. Hope it helps! Regards, Ian Newlands "1lt John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> wrote in message news:003f01c1f76f$9df452f0$2f7e3393@TB447CCO3... > > To learn more, I put the phpinfo(); function in my document root, and > > lo and behold, I get this long a gnarly virtual path: > > /home/virtual/site26/fst/var/www/html/ > > as my document root. So I try: > > /home/virtual/site26/fst/var/www/rsrcs/.... for my includes, and still > > can't get to it. > > You've probably got an ensim system, don't you? The host for falkware.com is > like that and it's a pain. Through ssh, the path to the file is > /var/www/html/etc..., but like you, we have to use the whole "hidden" path > /home/virtual/site26/fst/var/www/rsrcs/... That should work for you. What > kind of error are you getting when you use the entire path? > > > SECOND QUESTION: are there any virtual host gurus who can tell me how to > > get Apache/PHP to include files from outside of the document root on > > virtual hosted systems? > > You can use an absolute path, with /home/virtual ... or use a relative path > from the script you're in ../../includes/ etc.. > > ---John Holmes... >