473,774 Members | 2,129 Online
Bytes | Software Development & Data Engineering Community
+ Post

Home Posts Topics Members FAQ

Building portable server addresses

The problem:

I'd like to build – with PHP – a background-image url
on a server (Apache) (url itself or a full directory name).
I'd like to use a portable mechanism, I mean a PHP script
should work in Windows, Unix and Linux. In Windows I use:

...
<style type="text/css">

..a_class
{
<?php
$S_1 = getcwd()."/images/image_1.jpg"; //BACKGROUND PICTURE
echo "background-image: url($S_1);";
?>
....

It works fine but it doesn't work in FreeBSD, for example.

Thank you in advance.

Marek Kotowski
Warsaw
Jul 17 '05 #1
4 1777
Hi Marek,

[...]
..
$S_1 = getcwd()."/images/image_1.jpg"; //BACKGROUND PICTURE It works fine but it doesn't work in FreeBSD, for example.

What version of PHP on you "TEST" System and on FreeBSD ?

Kind Regards ?
--
Dipl.Ing.(FH) Karl Heinz Marbaise | www.marbaise.org
Jabba Dabba Dooh ;-) | ICQ# 135949029

Jul 17 '05 #2
Ma************@ wsip.com.pl (Marek Kotowski) wrote in message
news:<e5******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...

I'd like to build ? with PHP ? a background-image url
on a server (Apache) (url itself or a full directory name).
I'd like to use a portable mechanism, I mean a PHP script
should work in Windows, Unix and Linux. In Windows I use:

..
<style type="text/css">

.a_class
{
<?php
$S_1 = getcwd()."/images/image_1.jpg"; //BACKGROUND PICTURE
echo "background-image: url($S_1);";
?>
...

It works fine


Only when client computer and the server are one and the same...
getcwd() returns the local name of the current working directory,
which is meaningless when client and server run on different
machines.

Here are two possible options for you:

Option One (no PHP involved, URL to the image is relative):

.a_class
{
background-image: '/images/image_1.jpg';
...
}

Option Two (some PHP involved, URL to the image is absolute):

.a_class
{
<?php
echo "background-image: 'http://",
$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'],
"/images/image_1.jpg';";
?>
...
}

Cheers,
NC
Jul 17 '05 #3
nc@iname.com (Nikolai Chuvakhin) wrote in message news:<32******* *************** ****@posting.go ogle.com>...
....
Here are two possible options for you:

Option One (no PHP involved, URL to the image is relative):

.a_class
{
background-image: '/images/image_1.jpg';
...
}


It doesn't work but I changed it a little to

background-image: url('images/image_1.jpg');

and this version works on Windows and FreeBSD as well.

Thank you very much.

Regards

Marek Kotowski
Warsaw
Jul 17 '05 #4
Karl Heinz Marbaise <kh********@gmx .de> wrote in message news:<c3******* ******@ID-68093.news.uni-berlin.de>...
What version of PHP on you "TEST" System and on FreeBSD ?


Windows XP - 4.3.2.
FreeBSD - 4.3.4.

Kind regards. :-)

Marek Kotowski
Warsaw
Jul 17 '05 #5

This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion.

Similar topics

32
1724
by: Martin Vorbrodt | last post by:
Hi there. Is this code portable between platforms? Is it also 100% standard compliant? #include <iostream> using namespace std; class Point { public: enum COORDS { X = 0, Y, Z }; Point(int x, int y, int z) : _x(x), _y(y), _z(z) {}
2
2986
by: Marc R. Bertrand | last post by:
Hello, Do some of you know some pretty good books or web tutorials on building databases, if any? By that I mean, when looking at a business, the sound way of choosing the proper fields and the proper way to group these fields to construct the tables that make up a database, while anticipating database growth. I have learned quite a bit of SQL (thanks to Chris Fehily's Visual Quickstart Guide SQL) but now I want to find some practical...
1
1447
by: Stephen | last post by:
I've been working on some code which will hopefully allow me to transfer the contents of an arraylist on one page over to another page. The Arraylist is held in the viewstate object as it is populated on the on-click event of a button. Im trying to move to another page and carry over the items in my arraylist and write them to the page. The code ive been trying to work with to achieve is detailed below. I am getting an error and im not...
4
3516
by: John Boy | last post by:
Hi, Can anyone help. This is really doing my nut in. 3 years ASP exp. and now doing .DOT which is a step in the wrong direction. Basically I am left with the code of a guy who has left. When I click a button on a pop-up window the javascript for that button click does a 'button.form.submit'. On the Server side there is a Button click event for this button, but for some reason it no longer fires. It worked fine before and everything...
131
6226
by: pemo | last post by:
Is C really portable? And, apologies, but this is possibly a little OT? In c.l.c we often see 'not portable' comments, but I wonder just how portable C apps really are. I don't write portable C code - *not only* because, in a 'C sense', I
1
2286
by: Lyners | last post by:
What I need - To retrieve the server name that the ASP application is running on. Why - Our current intranet is on a network where we have users that are on a domain and some that are not. Using I.P. addresses all the users can access the ASP pages. Using I.P. addresses, no one can use our .net pages because the header that is passed back from the server has extra security that require the end users to "log-in" to the server. This is...
14
2116
by: Kristan Dyson | last post by:
I was just wondering whether you knew whether it is possible to compile a fully portable C program? I want to write a 'C' CGI program on Windows, then just upload it to my Plus.Net Debian-based server. As I want to write pure ANSI C, then I thought it may be possible to write a program that would run fine on both. Having said that, surely (?), it would have to be compiled for specific platforms, unless of course there is some abstraction...
32
2044
by: r.z. | last post by:
class vector3 { public: union { float data; struct { float x, y, z; };
11
2305
by: Brian Gladman | last post by:
A lot of low level cryptographic code and some hardware cryptographic accelerators either fail completely or perform very poorly if their input, output and/or key storage areas in memory are not aligned on specific memory boundaries. Moreover, in many situations the cryptographic code does not itself have control over the memory alignment of its parameters so the best it can do is to detect if these aligmments are correct and act...
0
10267
Oralloy
by: Oralloy | last post by:
Hello folks, I am unable to find appropriate documentation on the type promotion of bit-fields when using the generalised comparison operator "<=>". The problem is that using the GNU compilers, it seems that the internal comparison operator "<=>" tries to promote arguments from unsigned to signed. This is as boiled down as I can make it. Here is my compilation command: g++-12 -std=c++20 -Wnarrowing bit_field.cpp Here is the code in...
0
10106
jinu1996
by: jinu1996 | last post by:
In today's digital age, having a compelling online presence is paramount for businesses aiming to thrive in a competitive landscape. At the heart of this digital strategy lies an intricately woven tapestry of website design and digital marketing. It's not merely about having a website; it's about crafting an immersive digital experience that captivates audiences and drives business growth. The Art of Business Website Design Your website is...
1
10040
by: Hystou | last post by:
Overview: Windows 11 and 10 have less user interface control over operating system update behaviour than previous versions of Windows. In Windows 11 and 10, there is no way to turn off the Windows Update option using the Control Panel or Settings app; it automatically checks for updates and installs any it finds, whether you like it or not. For most users, this new feature is actually very convenient. If you want to control the update process,...
0
9914
tracyyun
by: tracyyun | last post by:
Dear forum friends, With the development of smart home technology, a variety of wireless communication protocols have appeared on the market, such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. Each protocol has its own unique characteristics and advantages, but as a user who is planning to build a smart home system, I am a bit confused by the choice of these technologies. I'm particularly interested in Zigbee because I've heard it does some...
0
8939
agi2029
by: agi2029 | last post by:
Let's talk about the concept of autonomous AI software engineers and no-code agents. These AIs are designed to manage the entire lifecycle of a software development project—planning, coding, testing, and deployment—without human intervention. Imagine an AI that can take a project description, break it down, write the code, debug it, and then launch it, all on its own.... Now, this would greatly impact the work of software developers. The idea...
1
7463
isladogs
by: isladogs | last post by:
The next Access Europe User Group meeting will be on Wednesday 1 May 2024 starting at 18:00 UK time (6PM UTC+1) and finishing by 19:30 (7.30PM). In this session, we are pleased to welcome a new presenter, Adolph Dupré who will be discussing some powerful techniques for using class modules. He will explain when you may want to use classes instead of User Defined Types (UDT). For example, to manage the data in unbound forms. Adolph will...
0
6717
by: conductexam | last post by:
I have .net C# application in which I am extracting data from word file and save it in database particularly. To store word all data as it is I am converting the whole word file firstly in HTML and then checking html paragraph one by one. At the time of converting from word file to html my equations which are in the word document file was convert into image. Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.Select();...
0
5355
by: TSSRALBI | last post by:
Hello I'm a network technician in training and I need your help. I am currently learning how to create and manage the different types of VPNs and I have a question about LAN-to-LAN VPNs. The last exercise I practiced was to create a LAN-to-LAN VPN between two Pfsense firewalls, by using IPSEC protocols. I succeeded, with both firewalls in the same network. But I'm wondering if it's possible to do the same thing, with 2 Pfsense firewalls...
0
5484
by: adsilva | last post by:
A Windows Forms form does not have the event Unload, like VB6. What one acts like?

By using Bytes.com and it's services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

To disable or enable advertisements and analytics tracking please visit the manage ads & tracking page.