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 Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/15/07 00:14 
Marc E wrote: 
> All, 
>   I'm coming from java and coldfusion, where one can set a "global" variable  
> in one place (the servletcontext in java, Application.cfm in coldfusion) and  
> all files in that site can then take advantage of these variables without  
> the need to "include" a variables page in every page on the site. 
>   Is there something comparable in php, like an Application.php or some such  
> thing? 
> 
 
Not really.  But why would you need it?  In several years of PHP  
programming I never have - but then in general globals are not a good  
thing, anyway, IMHO. 
 
> One more question that's basically an extension of the first. in  
> development, my site is http://localhost/mysite, but in the hosting  
> environment, it's http://mysite 
>  
 
Why isn't it http://localhost?  That's what I use.  Or, even  
http://example (the real site being http://example.com) by using your  
HOSTS file. 
 
> Now, let's say I have a "header" include that includes images in it, and  
> that header is included in multiple directory trees, so relative pathing of  
> those images isn't possible. Is there a preferred way in php for dealing  
> with this kind of thing, since i can't simply use /images/myimage.jpg since  
> that path isn't valid in the local environment? 
> 
 
Check out $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will always point to the root  
directory of your site.  From there on you can use a path relative to  
your document root directory - if you use the above format. 
 
> Thanks for any answers. I'm doing some emergency work on a php site as a  
> favor to a friend and am quite out of my element. 
>  
> Marc  
>  
>  
 
I'd suggest you get someone more familiar with PHP to help you.  I think  
you're on the wrong track here. 
 
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