PHP above the root

[themistral]

Hi guys,

 

I've got a simple script that I'm running from a folder above the root (as a cron job).

 

I've tried the script in the httpdocs folder and it works fine.

 

mail('email@example.com', 'Before include', '', 'From:<email@example.com>');

// include the myriad class
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/path/to/class');

mail('email@example.com', 'After include', '', 'From:<email@example.com>');

// initiate and instance of our class
$obj = new class_name;

$email = $obj->email;

$file = $obj->file_name;

mail('email@example.com', 'End of file', $email.' & '.$file, 'From:<email@example.com>');

 

If I run this file in httpdocs, it's fine and I get all emails.

 

If I run this from 1 folder above the root (from a cron job), I get the first 2 emails but not the last one, suggesting that the include hasn't worked.

 

Could this be a permissions problem?

I have tried running the cron job as both root and apache and changed the owner/group of the script to match.

 

Is there a reason why includes won't work above the root?

[Muddy_Funster]

how about trying some error capture in the script and seeing what comes back?

[requinix]

Most of the familiar stuff in $_SERVER isn't available if you're running the script from a command line (such as through a cron job).

 

For example, DOCUMENT_ROOT tends to be empty...

[creata.physics]

Would the cron read __FILE__ then?

 

I was thinking using:

include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/path/to/class');

Would correct the issue, but I'm not sure now..I know it's just a magic constant and not a super global so I figured that'd work.

[requinix]

PHP has to get its information from somewhere. A lot of the stuff you know about is available because PHP runs as a server module or CGI application: DOCUMENT_ROOT, SCRIPT_NAME, HTTP_HOST, and so on. Thus when PHP doesn't run as a module or through CGI you lose it.

So think about that. "Is this thing I want available because PHP is running as a webpage? Or can PHP figure it out independently?"

[dragon_sa]

why dont you try the absolute path to the file depending on your server setup

 

home/account/htttpdocs/path/to/class

 

of coarse change all that to suit your hosting folder tree

 

[themistral]

Thanks for the help guys.

 

dragon_sa I'm going to have to do that I think - I wanted to avoid it as this script is going across multiple sites.

[kicken]

Would the cron read __FILE__ then?

 

__FILE__ (or __DIR__ in 5.3) will work from within a CLI environment yes.  You can use these as an alternative for DOCUMENT_ROOT generally.  I typically use these to define my own DOCUMENT_ROOT constant which will always be available (regardless of web or cli).