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Include without full hard coded path
I have the following include
include "/home/voteforp/public_htm
I have to hard code the path, because the file that uses this include, is called from all sorts of folders. I thought I could just do the following:
include $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].
which worked when calling the php files over the web in the normal way. But i have to call them from the command line as well via an exec call. When i try to run the page from a command line call (eg: "php myscript.php") the include line doesn't work unless i hard code the full path.
The reason why i can't hard code it, is that this entire application will be moved to various other home folders. I'd have to change the hard coded path each time I installed it in a new directory. I don't want to have to do that.
Anyone have any ideas of how I can do this?
include "/home/voteforp/public_htm
I have to hard code the path, because the file that uses this include, is called from all sorts of folders. I thought I could just do the following:
include $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].
which worked when calling the php files over the web in the normal way. But i have to call them from the command line as well via an exec call. When i try to run the page from a command line call (eg: "php myscript.php") the include line doesn't work unless i hard code the full path.
The reason why i can't hard code it, is that this entire application will be moved to various other home folders. I'd have to change the hard coded path each time I installed it in a new directory. I don't want to have to do that.
Anyone have any ideas of how I can do this?
ASKER
what is that going to do for me? I still have to know the full program path.. that point is that i'm trying to make it working WITHOUT having to have code in the full program path
Actually i the file "core/conf.php" has the full program path as a configuration variable. I don't mind having to put it there, but I don't want to have to put it anywhere else. The problem I am having is how do I get all the scripts to be able to find the configuration file without having to put the full path in the include..
Like i said $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].
is $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] different when running from the command line?
Actually i the file "core/conf.php" has the full program path as a configuration variable. I don't mind having to put it there, but I don't want to have to put it anywhere else. The problem I am having is how do I get all the scripts to be able to find the configuration file without having to put the full path in the include..
Like i said $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].
is $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] different when running from the command line?
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I will leave the following recommendation for this question in the Cleanup topic area:
Accept: incrediblejohn {http:#13869661}
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Huji
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No objection here! Thank you!
What about:
<?
chdir ("/myprogrampath/");
shell_exec("php -q ". getcwd(). 'myprogram.php');
?>