including files - paths

[Geoff Berrow]

If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain all
the project files before uploading this to the root of the production
server. The trouble is that if I do:
include('/myfile.php')
this looks at the root of local host, as it should and not at the root
of the working directory. It means that if I want to use absolute
links, I have to change them before I upload.

Or am I missing something blindingly obvious?

I'm pretty sure this has been done before (FAQ entry material?), but not
for a while. :-)
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[Hans van Kranenburg]

Geoff Berrow wrote:

If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain
all the project files before uploading this to the root of the
production server. The trouble is that if I do:
include('/myfile.php') this looks at the root of local host, as it
should and not at the root of the working directory. It means that
if I want to use absolute links, I have to change them before I
upload.
Change or extend your local configuration so that it reflects the
configuration at the remote server.

An easy way is creating a virtual host on your local box with a
documentroot pointing to the wannabe /...
Or am I missing something blindingly obvious?

No, I don't think so

Hans

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[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID: <42*********************@news.xs4all.nl> from
Hans van Kranenburg contained the following:

Change or extend your local configuration so that it reflects the
configuration at the remote server.

An easy way is creating a virtual host on your local box with a
documentroot pointing to the wannabe /...

Any idea where I might find instructions on how to do that?

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[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

Geoff Berrow wrote:

If I'm working on a project, I'll usually create a folder to contain all the project files before uploading this to the root of the production
server. The trouble is that if I do:
include('/myfile.php')
this looks at the root of local host, as it should and not at the root of the working directory. It means that if I want to use absolute
links, I have to change them before I upload.
The quick solution is to use relative path (something like
.../foo.php or ./foo.php). But, if we use relative path for all
includes, it will hit performance. So, I use something like:

<?php
//config.inc.php
$CFG['project_path'] = '/home/foo/foo/';
//etc etc
?>

<?php
//foo.php
require_once('../common/config.inc.php'); //relative to project
require_once($CFG['project_path'] . 'html/header.html'); //absolute
//etc etc...
require_once($CFG['project_path'] . 'html/footer.html'); //absolute
?>

As seen, only one path is relative. I even have a mechanism to auto
detect the project path in config.inc.php.
I'm pretty sure this has been done before (FAQ entry material?), but not for a while. :-)

Yes, this has to be included in FAQ. But, what could be an
appropriate question?

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