[SOLVED] Directory Check?

[SirChick]

As with :

 

$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']

 

You can get the name of the file. And the directory. Now my question is say i have this:

Echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

And it displays:

 

/foldername/phpfile.php

 

Is there a way using if statements to check that the file the user is view is in that exact folder name rather ? But the php file name after is totally irrelevant?

 

Something like:

"If ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] == '/foldername/...')"

 

Is it possible if so what is the best way?

 

 

[KrisNz]

ummm, the dirname() function?

[SirChick]

Well from what i read about that function that is for creating a directory not "getting" the directory of the php file the user is viewing . My explanation was poor so ill try a second time. (Damn thing would not let me edit my post!)

 

With the PHP_SELF function it gives you the directory of the php file that the user is viewing. What i need to do is use an If statement to check that the php is in the directory i want it to be in if you get me?

 

So say the user views "test.php"

 

PHP_SELF would show "/foldername/test.php"

 

Now in an if statement it wouldn't be smart to have 100's of if statements to check that each page was in the foldername because i would have to have an If statement for every php file name so i need to make it only check as far as the folder name then after that it is not important.

 

So i need a way for it to only read the directory but not the php file name so the result will show:

if(PHP_SELF == /foldername/...) 

the " ... " represents "anything after that" is valid.

[KrisNz]

are you sure you weren't reading about mkdir()??

echo dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

 

 

[SirChick]

Oh so thats how its done.. i read through that php page of everyone's suggestions could not find sumin as simple as what you showed. Its always overly complicated

 

Thanks for the help.