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Re: fopen Problem [message #175278 is a reply to message #175277]

Wed, 31 August 2011 11:22

Jerry Stuckle
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On 8/31/2011 6:49 AM, A wrote:
>> $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/logbooks/CAA001/blahblah.txt'.
>>
>> dirname(__FILE__) is a very bad way to to it - it is dependent on the
>> location of the script opening the file and will break if you move the
>> script to a different directory.
>
> if I understood the question correctly the file is *NOT* on his own server
> because he allow_url_fopen configuration setting.
> dirname(__FILE__) is very useful. I tend to keep all my scripts in a
> relative file/folder structure so I WANT to move them and keep the paths
> properly in place.
>
>

Whether it is his own server or not is immaterial as it has no effect on
my statement.

And obviously you have not tried $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = which also
allows you to keep your scripts in a file/folder structure. The
difference being dirname(__FILE__) changes depending on the calling
script's location = move the calling script and your code breaks.

For this reason it's a bad idea to use it to access other files unless
that file is *totally dependent* on the calling script and will *always*
be in the same relative location to the calling script. But such
assumptions also make the files more tightly coupled, creating
unnecessary dependencies.

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] always points at the root directory of the
website and is independent of the calling script's location.

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