[SOLVED] php and my mac

[yazakib]

hi,

 

i'm reading through a tutorial book, but it only has references to using PHP on a windows based server.  I'm using a mac server and was curious what the equivalents are.  For example I'm trying to reference my HD and in the tutorial it has $dir_name = "c:/"; but obviously i dont have a c drive.  would it just be $dir_name = "macintosh hd:/"; ?

 

also the other question is, how do you navigate through the macintosh workspace?  I know for example that ".." means to go back a directory in windows but what is it for mac?  For example i'm trying to learn how to populate a list in PHP.  so far the code is as follows:

 

<?

$dir_name = "macintosh hd:/";

$dir = opendir($dir_name); //open the directory

 

$file_list = "<ul>"; // create variable for list

 

while ($file_name = readdir($dir)) {

  if (($file_name != ".") && ($file_name != "..")) {

  $file_list .="<li>$file_name";

  }

}

 

$file_list .= "</ul>";

 

closedir($dir);

 

echo "<p>$dir_name</p>";

echo "<p>$file_list</p>";

?>

 

 

what would be the equivalent in mac terms?

[realjumper]

On my mac the path is: /Library/WebServer/Documents where I have a standard install of php and mysql.

 

To be sure though, copy the code below and place it in a file called (say) 'path.php' and browse to the file via your local webserver. It will give to the exact path to the location of 'path.php'.

 

<font size="6"><b>Path Finder</b></font><br /><br />
<?php

echo 'Just copy what\'s in the text box below is the path to this file:<br /><br />

<input type="text" size="100" value="', dirname(__FILE__), '/" id="realpath" /><br /><br />

<font color="red">MAKE SURE YOU DELETE THIS FILE AFTER FINISHING!</font>';
?>