note 112425 added to reserved.variables.server

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] may contain backslashes on windows systems, and of course it may or may not have a trailing slash (backslash). I saw the following as an example of the proper way we're supposed to deal with this issue: <?php include(dirname($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'file.php'); ?> Ok, the latter may be used to access a file inside the parent directory of the document root, but actually does not properly address the issue. In the end, don't warry about. It should be safe to use forward slashes and append a trailing slash in all cases. Let's say we have this: <?php $path = 'subdir/file.php'; $result = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/' . $path; ?> On linux $result might be something like 1) "/var/www/subdir/file.php" 2) "/var/www//subdir/file.php" String 2 is parsed the same as string 1 (have a try with command 'cd'). On windows $result might be something like 1) "C:/apache/htdocs/subdir/file.php" 2) "C:/apache/htdocs//subdir/file.php" 3) "C:\apache\htdocs/subdir/file.php" 4) "C:\apache\htdocs\/subdir/file.php" All those strings are parsed as "C:\apache\htdocs\subdir\file.php" (have a try with 'cd'). ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.199 Probable Submitter: 79.51.29.3 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/112425 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/112425 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/112425 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php