PHP Scripts layout

[moosey_man1988]

Hi Everyone i know this is a bit basic, but I have been working on a project and to tidy things up i have been placing them in directories.

 

my problem is I need to know how to plan this so i dont need to call an "include" or "require" in every page.

 

as it gets difficult when you are going back a directory and then into another directory for example:

 

in the html folder I have

 

index.php

 

sessions/login.php

 

functions/functions.php

 

index.php can all the functions via "include ('functions/functions.php');

 

but if we need the login.php to require functions it needs to be ('../functions/functions.php');

 

this can sometimes having something like a header.php in every page as it would call the script wrong directory.

 

would some be able to help so that i either don't need to include a script on every page, or maybe i can define functions that are a constant?

 

please let me now if this makes no sense! as ts a little difficult to explain.

 

Thanks in advance for any help given <3

[ginerjm]

Why not use constants for the path names and include a module that declares all these constants.  Then your include simply reference the correct constant the the simple filename.  You move things around - update the constants.  Make them absolute too!

[moosey_man1988]

okay thats great! you have confirmed my little lightbulb i had in the pub this evening lol.

 

could you give me an example for the scenario i displayed above?

 

some things i hav a bit of a mental block on :|

[ginerjm]

So you have a little module that defines paths

 

/*  paths.php

$php_path = "/home/domain/php/";

$lib_path = "/home/domain/public_html/libs/";

...

...

 

 

Then in your code you include the above file and in your other includes you use the appropriate path var:

 

include($php_path . "connect.php");

include($lib_path . "functions.php");

...

...

[QuickOldCar]

Also useful is $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] or dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR

[moosey_man1988]

Hi QuickOldCar thanks for the response, I am using this function

function url(){
  return sprintf(
    "%s://%s/",
    isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] != 'off' ? 'https' : 'http',
    $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']
	//$_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR']
  );
}

But i have to call the functions php before i can use it lol

[QuickOldCar]

For server includes is no need for the protocol, you can link to local files.

 

Additionally can link to css,images and such within the html using absolute url without a protocol

<img src="//mysite.com/image.png" />

 

Check out some server variables can use

 

A while ago I babbled on a bit about the differences in a post, take a look.

http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/292789-paths-when-rewriting-urls/?p=1498045

Edited November 13, 2015 by QuickOldCar