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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/01/07 02:11
Hans Fredrik Nordhaug wrote:
> On 2007-07-31, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Hans Fredrik Nordhaug wrote:
>>> On 2007-07-31, frode.nordahl@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> On Jul 28, 7:58 am, Hans Fredrik Nordhaug <han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> [cut]
>>>>> PS! I have contacted the hoster - I'll let you know if they have
>>>>> some explanation/solution to the issue.
>>>> I have investigated this, and there is indeed a problem on our part.
>>>> The problem was introduced when we upgraded a web server, and is
>>>> caused by incompatibilities with some of the file servers. This does
>>>> not affect all of our users.
>>> Thx for the info - I'm glad it wasn't me (or a bug in PHP).
>>>
>>>> If you want, I can move your account to a different file server. I was
>>>> about to do this anyway, but I discovered that you reference absolute
>>>> paths in your scripts. I advise you to use relative paths or at least
>>>> build the paths from $_ENV['HOME'] or similar.
>>> Feel free to move my account - just send me an e-mail when it's done.
>>> (If the issue is fixed this week without moving, I can wait.)
>>>
>>> Hans
>>>
>>> PS! I would of course prefer to use $_ENV['HOME'], but $_ENV doesn't
>>> contain HOME because the current user is "nobody" ... The absolute
>>> paths is set in one single file so updating is no problem.
>> Use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] instead. It contains the root directory
>> of your virtual host. No changes required when you move your site.
>
> Or just dirname(__FILE__). It is a non-issue, but thx for caring.
>
> Hans
>
dirname(__FILE__) gives the path to the current file - which may or may
not be in the root directory of the server, and will change if you move
the file. $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is always the root directory of the
server and will not change if you move the file.
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