Folder path without the /var/www/html/ php

[JonnyDriller]

I need to assign my current folder path to a variable. I keep getting this:- 

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/var/www/html/LifeSaverHTML/Details/20

What I want is this:-

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/LifeSaverHTML/Details/20

That full path does weird stuff. Sometimes when I'm editing files, it's like I'm editing a ghost copy but not the actual file... Weird anyways. Below is some of the attempts I've tried...

If I use this command:-

//$uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

It will give me what I need but with index.php tacked onto the end:- 

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/LifeSaverHTML/Details/20/index.php

<?php

//$pa = $_SERVER['PATH_TRANSLATED'];
//echo $pa;

//$uri = string dirname ( $path );
//echo $uri;

//$ echo $PWD

// current directory

// current directory
//echo getcwd() . "\n";

//chdir('cvs');

// current directory
//echo getcwd() . "\n";

//$pa = basename(__DIR__);
//echo $pa;

//$pa = dirname(__FILE__);
//echo $pa;

$cur_dir = explode('\\', getcwd());
echo $cur_dir[count($cur_dir)-1];
?>

This first one returns a blank page without error, there's one that will return just the directory most are the www stuff. 

I suppose I could edit the string but surely there must be a function? 

[JonnyDriller]

Sorry guys I got it: - 

$uri_dir = dirname($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
echo $uri_dir;

 

Might come in handy for someone in future 

[JonnyDriller]

Interestingly I actually needed the whole path for that one. It wanted the complete path to send an attachment in PHPMailer. 

It wouldn't take the

 /LifeSaverHTML/Details/20

It wanted the whole

/var/www/html/LifeSaverHTML/Details/20

This code does it though there's probably one of those server commands would work too. 

$uri_dir = getcwd();

 

[requinix]

It's generally not good design if you have to pull a path like that dynamically. A script sending the email should simply write the required /LifeSaverHTML/Details/20 or whatever directly.

By the way, dirname on the REQUEST_URI can be very easily fooled. Definitely don't do that.

[Strider64]

I personally do the following and call it a day:

define("APP_ROOT", dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
define("PRIVATE_PATH", APP_ROOT . "/private");
define("PUBLIC_PATH", APP_ROOT . "/public");

require_once PRIVATE_PATH . "/vendor/autoload.php";
require_once PRIVATE_PATH . "/security/security.php";
require_once PRIVATE_PATH . "/config/config.php";

 

Edited February 10, 2020 by Strider64
two the's

[JonnyDriller]

Thanks guys for the great advise. 

When all this is over and done, I'm gonna revisit web development on a nice platform, with a proper text editor... i.e not a Raspberry pi that existed 2 decades ago

This IOT project is gonna sit on a localhost...yeh I know... So it doesn't have to be super secure. 

I'm gonna do a screen recording of it and then I'm going to trim it down to make it have a much functionality as possible for a demo on the university Lan.

The thing doesn't have wifi and things are not allowed on the Uni network...😂 the joys...