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How can I set file paths so that they can be readable at any depth or
branch from the webroot?

For example:
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/somedir/anotherdir/myfile")

works for includes, but using it in other situations (like with an IMG
tag) appends the URL to the path and makes it worthless.

I would like something I can use in every situation...

Thanks for any advice...

Rick B
Jul 17 '05 #1
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On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:28:03 +0000, rick wrote:
How can I set file paths so that they can be readable at any depth or
branch from the webroot?

For example:
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/somedir/anotherdir/myfile")

works for includes, but using it in other situations (like with an IMG
tag) appends the URL to the path and makes it worthless.

I would like something I can use in every situation...

Thanks for any advice...

Rick B


What I usually do to have a fixed path to the web root is to use
$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. Here an example:
<img src="http://<?php print $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; ?>/images/logo.gif"
alt="Logo"/>
This gives you a full link and should work.

DrTebi
Jul 17 '05 #2

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