Joomla! root directory

Question

I have the following directory structure:

C:\mywebsites
  \site_1
  \site_2
  \site_n

In 'site_2' I have joomla installed, however, I have other folders with resources, php scripts, etc. in one of the 'extra' folders, I have scripts that I'm frequently calling, the trouble comes when I call JURI::base(), it returns the folder in which the script file is, in stead of 'site_2' which I'm expecting.

How can I overcome this simple task?

I'm looking for a more elegant solution, right now I'm using str_replace to remove extra folders, however, it would be nice if I could get "C:\mywebsites\site_2" by calling one function from a script located in "C:\mywebsites\site_2\a\few\folders\deep\php\script.php" — , Jan 26 '12 at 19:15

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '12 at 00:14

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The root directory is defined in JPATH_BASE.

It's set in the index.php in the Joomla front end and in the /administrator using:

define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(__FILE__));

JURI::base() returns the base request path.

answered Jan 27 '12 at 00:14

Craig

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '12 at 12:12

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define('JPATH_BASE', dirname(FILE));

is return your local drive path.. means c:/site_1/site_2/site_3/

JURI::base()

is return the livefolder path... means http://localhost/site_1/site_2/site_3/

answered Jan 27 '12 at 12:12

KiNG H

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 28 '12 at 03:40

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Using JPATH_ROOT will give you the path to the joomla installed site.

http://docs.joomla.org/Constants

answered Nov 28 '12 at 03:40

Gavin Bruce

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Joomla! root directory

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