\ instead of /

[pucker22]

Hey all, recently i've been having some hazzle using a php script that uses / for my script directory, however as I am on a Windows server it has to be set to \

When I change the / to \ in MacromediaDreamweaverMX08 The text colour that was red will now be black, so therefore the script wont work right.

Basically my code is :-

define('PEAR_DIR', 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com\httpdocs/libs/Pear/');

however I really need it to be straight forward to :-

define('PEAR_DIR', 'C:\Inetpub\vhosts\domain.com\httpdocs\libs\Pear\');

notice how I want it to be \ ?

How would I go about doing this, what do I need to add to the end of it to make it work, because the ' only works with / at the end..

I hope this makes somewhat sence.... Thanks!

[wildteen88]

Use two \ (\\) for defining windows paths. It is becuase the \ is escaping the quote at the end of the define statement. Using \\ will helpl stop this.

[obsidian]

you need to escape the backslash because PHP thinks you're trying to escape the quote with it:
[code]
<?php
define('PEAR_DIR', 'C:\\Inetpub\\vhosts\\domain.com\\httpdocs\\libs\\Pear\\');
?>
[/code]

i've escaped all of them, just for safety. try that out and see what it does.

[Jenk]

realpath() will be of use for cross compatability.

[code=php:0]<?php define('PEAR_DIR', realpath('libs/Pear')); ?>[/code]