$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] testing before changing dns

[veerybird]

I'm testing out my domain on a new host before I update DNS. I'm revising some absolute links using $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].

 

I've encountered some weirdness. Because I'm still using XX.XXX.XXX.XXX/~XXXXXX to access my pages and test them, if I use $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] for the domain part of the absolute link, I still have to add /~XXXXXX. I think I would have to go back in and remove the /~XXXXXX after DNS propagation. Is there another $_SERVER command I could use instead? I've already played with HTTP_HOST and DOCUMENT_ROOT and some others I found on php.net. So far, $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']/~XXXXXX gets me what I want, but later I think it will break the links.

 

 

[Mardoxx]

doc_root.php

<?php
define('DOC_ROOT','XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX/~XXXXXX');
?>

 

in your php files include it:

include(doc_root.php);

 

example:

instead of

echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."/~XXXXXX";

use

echo DOC_ROOT;

[veerybird]

Yes, Mardoxx, I think you are talking about creating an include. doc_root.inc.php. So then I would need to go back into that file and change only one piece of code when I change DNS. That raises another question: Is it possible for a php site to have too many includes? I use them for code that needs to go on almost every page in the same subfolder, but I find myself reluctant to use an include for code that needs to go on one or two pages per subfolder. I think I read something somewhere once about not getting too carried away with them:)

 

Thanks for your reply!