Posted by moriman on 11/25/05 12:35

ok, thx ;-)

mori

"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
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> moriman wrote:
>
> > The script I'm using is located (browser-wise) at http://home/test.php,
> > isn't a file in the same directory classed as being in the 'local'
> > filesystem?
>
> No, you are going through the webserver, which isn't a local filesystem,
it's
> remote, no matter if the server is running on your machine or someone
elses
> machine.
>
> >>> $filename3 = "title.php";
> >> only true if the file is in the same directory where executed.
> >> When executed through a webserver, then it's relative to the location
of
> > the
> >> script.
> >>
> >
> > again, as above, it *is* in the same directory
>
> If your prompt in the dos-console say:
>
> c:\
>
> and the file is in
>
> c:\xitami-25\app\public_html
>
> and you execute the file
>
> php.exe c:\xitami-25\app\public_html\test.php
>
> then you are executing the script from another location than where the
script
> is located, which makes that the file title.php isn't found as it's not in
c:\
>
> but if you change directory so that you are in
>
> c:\xitami-25\app\public_html
>
> and execute the script with
>
> php.exe test.php
>
> then you have the file test.php in the same directory where you execute
the
> php and then you can find the file.
>
>
> //Aho

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