Main folder base command..I can't think of what to call it

[KingOfHeart]

If I'm in a subfolder on my site how do I call a file from the base folder?

 

I'm in the folder "Scripts" for example and I want to call a function from the parent folder.

I know you could use "../" if I remember right, but I'm looking for a php function.

 

It would use scripts something like this...

 

include $basefunction . "/index.php"

[scootstah]

I'm having a hard time understanding your question.

 

Typically you would define the base application directory. That way your paths and includes are always consistent. So instead of having random "../", "../../someotherdir/blah", etc spread out in your code, it would be more like $basedir/someotherdir/blah. $basedir would be the absolute path, not a relative one (../ is relative).

[KingOfHeart]

You sure that's it?

I just used this and got an error.

 

require $basedir . "/db.php";

 

but this works,,

 

require "../db.php";

[scootstah]

What did you set $basedir to? What is your directory structure?

[KingOfHeart]

You have to set it?

What do I set it to? That's the command I'm looking for

[Christian F.]

I think you'll find your answer in the PHP manual page for the $_SERVER superglobal.

[KingOfHeart]

Tried different commands and nothing seemed to work as good as ../

so I guess I'll just continue using that method.

[scootstah]

You set it to the physical location of the first directory of your application. So if your application resides in "/var/www/someapplication", then you set your $basedir to "/var/www/someapplication".