Posted by "Mark Rees" on 09/26/05 16:59

> > var_dump (realpath('temp'));
> > I am trying to check whether /lists/admin/temp exists (which it does).
>
> This dir doesn't exists. The '/' at the beginning of path means: path is
> from root (unix) or from e.g. c:\ (windows)
>
> Outputs from
>
> var_dump(realpath("../../lists/admin/temp"))
> var_dump(realpath('temp'));
>
> are same and thus you working directory is 'C:\...\htdocs\lists\admin'.
> If you need check existence of dir 'temp' in your current working
> directory you can try one of:
>
> is_dir('temp');
> is_dir('./temp');
> is_dir('C:\...\htdocs\lists\admin\temp');
>

I see. I thought this function would work with paths relative to the
webroot. Thanks for pointing out my mistake.

Does such a function exist?

The problem I have is that this path is set in the config section of a 3rd
party tool I'm using, and called from various pages within the site. I don't
want to hack the code, as that will make upgrades more difficult to apply.
Hard-coding the path from c: won't work well either, as that path is
different in the development and live environments.

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