Directory Name

[timmah1]

Hello,

How do you get the name of the directory that you are in?

For example, if type in the address bar (http://www.domain.com/test), how could a PHP script detect that your in the directory of test?

I hope that makes sense

Thanks

[craygo]

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] will give you the folder and script in reference to to the domain

I do not think there is a function to return just the folder you are in, but here is something you could use
[code]<?php
function directory($dir){
$folder = substr($dir, 0 ,strpos($dir, strrchr($dir, "/")));
return $folder;
}
echo directory($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>[/code]

Ray

[SharkBait]

what about [code=php:0] dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); [/code] ?

[HuggieBear]

Don't forget, that [code=php:0]$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'][/code] will only give you the path in reference to the domain, not the server.

If you want the full path, you'll need to use something like [code=php:0]dirname($_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'])[/code]

Regards
Huggie

[timmah1]

Great! Thanks.

Now that I have it stating the directory, how do I carry that value to an sql statement?

I keep getting errors, most likely have something backwards, but I'm really not sure.

Here's the code
[code]
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '{directory($_SERVER[PHP_SELF]}'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
while($row = mysql_fetch_array( $result )){
    echo $row[email];
echo $row['email'];
   
}
[/code]

I'm not getting the email value pulled out.

Anyone have an idea?

Thanks again

[craygo]

you can do 2 things, put the value into a variable or come out of your sql statement.

[code]$dir = directory($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '$dir'";[/code]
or
[code]$sql = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '".directory($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])."';[/code]

Ray

[timmah1]

I'm sorry to keep bothering you, because you have been awesome!


I'm only having one small problem, when the directory is selected, it's putting a "/" in front of it, that's why it can't pull the info from the database.

How do I get rid of the "/" in front of the $dir?

[SharkBait]

You can [code=php:0]substr($dir, 1, strlen($dir));[/code] So it starts at character 1 instead of character 0 which is the /

[craygo]

so you just want the directory name and nothing else??

changed a little
[code]<?php
function directory($dir){
$folder = substr(dirname($dir),1);
return $folder;
}
echo directory($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>[/code]

Ray

[timmah1]

You are incredible craygo!!

Thank you so, so  much!!!

[ted_chou12]

as for me,
$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] would give you /forum/folder/test.php
and dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) would give you /forum/folder
is there any possibility if i want the folder part of the string and nothing else?
Thanks

[ted_chou12]

can anyone give me suggestions on this please?

[HuggieBear]

ted_chou12,

Please don't 'hijack' threads.  You made a post relating to this yesterday which I replied to.

Did you even try what I suggested yesterday in your other post, you haven't updated it, so are we to assume you haven't?  If so, why are you still seeking solutions when you may already have what you need?  If you have and it didn't work, then please post back in the original thread ([url=http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,118583.0.html]problem with listing root directories (UN~SOLVED)[/url])

Huggie

[ted_chou12]

nope , this one is not the same as the one yesterday, I want to achieve the name of the directory this time, because i want to show it on my navigator. The other one was problem with listing the files in the folder.

[craygo]

yes just search for the last "/" and give you everything after
[code]<?php
function directory($dir){
$folder = substr(strrchr(substr (dirname($dir),1), "/"), 1);
return $folder;
}
echo directory($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
?>[/code]

Ray

[ted_chou12]

thankyou!