is this pointing to the directory where the current file is executed?
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2'document_root' is NOT the same as "DOCUMENT_ROOT". – ghostdog74 Jan 15 '10 at 14:25
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No, it points to the root of your webserver - the topmost folder of your website.
If you want the directory of the current file, use:
dirname(__FILE__);
Adam Hopkinson
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+1: This is the correct way to do it. (I realize I posted this twice, but the two answers mentioning this solution were literally posted 1 second apart... 49 and 50 seconds before I loaded this page) – Powerlord Jan 15 '10 at 14:26
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From http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php
'DOCUMENT_ROOT' The document root directory under which the current script is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
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Maybe, depending on how the server is set up. A much better method is:
echo dirname(__FILE__); // return the absolute file-path to where the current PHP file is
Extrakun
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No, it's not,
DOCUMENT_ROOT points to the root directory of your webserver, while PATH_INFO points to the directory where the current file is executed.
Harmen
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Sorry, but you're wrong. If I have a address http://myhost/my/path/xyz.php/foo/bar, then PATH_INFO contains foo/bar. – Rolf Sep 06 '14 at 20:31
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Oops, took too much time editing :) DOCUMENT_ROOT is a pysical server path, but PATH_INFO is a pseudo-path that is appended to the name of the php script, like this: http://myhost/my/path/xyz.php/foo/bar. foo/bar will usually be an internal route in your logic. Your PHP is free to interpret it as a server path, but that's not mandatory. The browser, on the other hand, knows nothing about that and thinks that my/path/xyz.php/foo/bar is the "current object", and when you refer to a CSS oder image by "./sna.foo" then you'll be surprised. – Rolf Sep 06 '14 at 20:44
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'DOCUMENT_ROOT'
The document root directory under which the current script is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
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The document root directory under which the current script is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
as the name implies it's a root directory.
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Yes it is. It's a path relative to the root of your server (not your document root) that describes the directory of the current script. It does not have a trailing slash.
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