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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PHP XAMPP Server DOCUMENT_ROOT folder structure
So this is my first time creating a test site with xampp. I originally had all my php files in one folder and just recently decided to organize the data (yes, hindsight i should've started with an organized folder structure.) Anyways, I have my…

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Htaccess rewrite rule out of root
I am trying to do a special rewrite rule.
Suppose ROOT as my hosting root.
I have domain.tld set as root on ROOT/folder
When I try this from a script running on the domain.tld root (which is folder):
RewriteRule sth/?$ ../file.php
It doesn't work,…

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How to configure DocumentRoot to use with Laravel 4?
I have an apache local server (installed through BitNami) and I want to configure the DocumentRoot so that I can access to my Laravel app when I go to localhost instead of the BitNami default page.
Here is my httpd.conf (included also the settings…

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Zend Server resets to defaults on Zend Studio 10 startup
I' m running Zend Server 6.0.1 and Zend Studio 10 on Mac OS X Mountain Lion. Because Zend Servers Apache listens to port 10088 by default on Mac OS, I changed that in Apache configuration file to port 80. Additionally I changed document root to…

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Is there a security difference between storing files outside of the DocumentRoot versus "deny from all" htaccess directives?
Knowing that a deny from all directive will traverse all sub-directories and files below it, and ignoring the obvious caveats of "if you forget" to copy the .htaccess file or if you typo creating an .htaccess file...
Is there a risk in security…

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Include a php file on a server with open_basedir restriction in effect
i am building a website on 000webhost.com
trying to include a php file using
but the server says
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/main/meta.php' for inclusion…

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Apache DocumentRoot to a Network Directory for Virtual Host
NameVirtualHost *:80
ServerName tmp
DocumentRoot "//192.168.1.25/www/"
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
This configuration is not working,…

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How to create Apache Virtual host?
Im using Windows 7, and there I installed apache server in c:\wamp\apache\, PHP is located in c:\wamp\php\, and loaded as module.
So lets say I'm building test project and I only have index.php in that project.
Folder of that project will be located…

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Get directory of website on the filesystem using PHP
I have a website in my local computer. I am using wamp server to run my website.
URL for website is http://localhost/mywebsite/
I put a PHP file in my website inside folder mywebsite/component/add/files/add.php
So the actual path of file is…

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specifying simplepie cache location?
Ehrm. I know this seems simple (as pie, har har), but I keep getting a
Warning: /cache/ is not writeable. Make sure you've set the correct relative or absolute path, and that the location is server-writable.
Here is my situation. I have…

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Select name of root element with XPath in PostgreSQL
I've got a bunch of XML messages in a PostgreSQL 9.1.3 table, with a column content of type XML). They're not all the same "type", so I'm trying to extract the root type using a query like this:
SELECT xpath('name(/*)', content) FROM message;
as…

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server variable document root is not playing nice with file_exists when virtual folder is involved
I've got a virtual folder on IIS.
When I do a server document root, I'm not getting file_exists find the files. But interestingly, if I use include (or require directives for that matter) same files being found.
example
$full_path =…

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Is it prefered to use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in the website?
Do you think it is preferred to use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in website's include statements? Is it supported everywhere without any problem?
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Rewrite rules for lighttpd with new document-root would not work
I have
server.document-root = "/srv/www"
but for some static files I want use another document-root. I try use this code:
$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/hg/static" {
url.rewrite-once = ("^/hg/static" => "/")
server.document-root =…

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Does each apache process load all DocumentRoot's for all virtual hosts?
we are trying to diagnose a performance issue. We have an Apache2 server with many virtual hosts, each one running a CMS such as Drupal or Joomla. Each apache process seems to consume a large amount of memory. Is there any way to see what it's…

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