note 92829 added to reserved.variables.server

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is incredibly useful especially when working in your development environment. If you're working on large projects you'll likely be including a large number of files into your pages. For example: <? //Defines constants to use for "include" URLS - helps keep our paths clean define("REGISTRY_CLASSES", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/SOAP/classes/"); define("REGISTRY_CONTROLS", $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/SOAP/controls/"); define("STRING_BUILDER", REGISTRY_CLASSES. "stringbuilder.php"); define("SESSION_MANAGER", REGISTRY_CLASSES. "sessionmanager.php"); define("STANDARD_CONTROLS", REGISTRY_CONTROLS."standardcontrols.php"); ?> In development environments, you're rarely working with your root folder, especially if you're running PHP locally on your box and using DOCUMENT_ROOT is a great way to maintain URL conformity. This will save you hours of work preparing your application for deployment from your box to a production server (not to mention save you the headache of include path failures). ---- Server IP: 208.69.120.35 Probable Submitter: 98.215.60.105 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92829 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92829 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92829 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php