The document root directory under which the current script is executing, as defined in the server's configuration file.
Questions tagged [document-root]
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Django Apache DocumentRoot?
What directory must the DocumentRoot in Apache be set to run a Django app is it the static directory but that does not work? Thanks to all for the help in advance.

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PHP get file outside of document root
here is my project structure:
Web root/document root:
/var/www/ all the website files in the the 'www' folder
I want to use require or include a file inside my folder OUTSIDE the web root/document root:
/var/extra-files
how can i get a file inside…

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Echo the ending part or last folder of $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in PHP
I need to use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; to scandir for files and folders to display for my nav menu.
Let's say my root directory is at /home/user/public_html/website/.
Here's how I echo the root directory:
echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
it will…

Mike
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Multiple Document Roots based on directory?
My server's structure is like this:
|- var
|-- www
|--- website1
|--- website2
|--- website3
I'm currently working on website1, but I found that when I submit one of my Ajax forms, it returns the following…
user4440513
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Laravel javascript location should be in view or public
I have a javascript that requires a root directory path provided by PHP to call the JSON file.
I'm not sure if this code should be in public/js or within my template.blade.php?
If it's in public/js, then I have to specify a absolute path like below,…

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How can I learn DOCUMENT_ROOT in startup.pl under mod_perl2?
I want to learn DOCUMENT_ROOT in startup.pl, but the best I can do is to learn server_root:
use Apache2::ServerUtil ();
$server_root = Apache2::ServerUtil::server_root();
which is quite useless. I can set an environment variable with
SetPerlEnv…

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Nginx 301 Redirect all non home page urls to home page
I'm shutting down a site and I need to 301 redirect all pages to the home page where I have a message saying that the site is being closed down.
Basically any http://example.com/anyfolder -> 301 to http://www.example.com
I have the following but…

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Apache,may I have multiple documentRoot?
I'm building a Zend website.The project (local) has the following structure:
/app
/controllers
/views
/public
/css
/images
/js
.htaccess
index.php
Because the .htaccess and index.php files reside within th public directory,the…

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DocumentRoot always defaults to /var/www/html and cannot change it
I've set up a Virtual host using PuPHPet (Vagrant-Puppet-PHP) Apparently PuPHPet creates a default site for me with this configuration 10-default_vhost_80.conf
ServerName default
## Vhost docroot
DocumentRoot…

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Servlet path "/" returns that servlet content for any request pattern
When I map servlet with path as like:
Home1Servlet
com.project.servlets.Home1Servlet
Home1Servlet
…

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VirtualHosts ONLY no default?
I have a debian setup with Apache. I disabled the 'default' site and added a single one for now.
I want to disable access to everything except that which is under the various vhosts.
DocumentRoot…

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How can I add a attribute to Root node of my XmlDocument() in C#
I already have a XmlDocument object in C#. Let's say the InnerXml looks like this;
8825
How can I add a attribute which has the name as uuid and the value as 781283721381,…

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Modify document root for nginx proxy under plesk
I use Plesk with nginx as proxy, which is working good.
I installed laravel php framework on a subdomain. the framework provides a direcotry "public" for public files, so I changed document_root with a custom vhost.conf file this way:
DocumentRoot…

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Any optimizations in reducing the number of disk accesses for inode number lookup by web-servers?
Web-servers typically have a document root denoting the filesystem sub-tree visible via the web. Consequently for eg., if the document root is: /home/foouser/public_html/, then the web-server would map a request for http://www.foo.com/pics/foo.jpg …

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open_basedir restriction in effect error in php code
Im beginner in php language. in my web project i created a filepath.config.ini file which stores all file path in the website directories. for eg.
CLASS1 = bin/myclass1.php
CLASS2 = bin/myclass2.php
and im accessing those path by using:
require…

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