PHP - Dynamic, Foolproof Method For Generating Paths

I would like to better understand relative and absolute paths when rewriting URLs.  My virtual host configuration is shown below.

I wish the server to see something like:

https://example.com?page=page1&controller=controller1&data1=123&data2=321

Given the rewrites as shown in my virtual host, what would be the proper URL in the browser?  One of these (note the ? and &), or something different?

https://example.com/page1/controller1?data1=123&data2=321
https://example.com/page1/controller1&data1=123&data2=321

Next, if I enter one of the URLs, how do relative paths to images, etc work?  Would the browser think it is in the root directory, or in /page1/controller1?  I had problems with relative paths, and changed to absolute paths, and it fixed the problem, but I wish to better understand what is happening.   On a side note, I would appreciate any critique of my virtual host configuration.  My goal is for all requests to example.com to redirect to https://example.com, for only https://example.com (no subdomain) to redirect to https://www.example.com, and do the rewriting of page and controller.   Thank you

# Note that if a virtual ServerName is not found (i.e. IP 192.168.1.200), Apache defaults to first virtual host.
# Note that if ServerName is set to one of the virtual host ServerName's in the Second Section, it doesn't work (why?)

# Handle just example.com to http
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias *.example.com
    Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

# Handle just example.com without subdomains
<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com
    # ServerAlias example.com
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCipherSuite SSLv3:TLSv1:+HIGH:!SSLv2:!MD5:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!EXP:!ADH:!eNULL:!aNULL
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/example_key.pem
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/example_startssl.crt
    SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/sub.class1.server.ca.pem
    Redirect / https://www.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias *.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example/html

    SSLEngine on
    SSLCipherSuite SSLv3:TLSv1:+HIGH:!SSLv2:!MD5:!MEDIUM:!LOW:!EXP:!ADH:!eNULL:!aNULL
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/example_key.pem
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/example_startssl.crt
    SSLCertificateChainFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/sub.class1.server.ca.pem

    <Directory "/var/www/example/html">

        allow from all
        Options +Indexes

        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

            RewriteEngine On

            RewriteBase /

            # Are these lines necessary, or should I create a virtual host for http on port 80 instead?
            RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
            RewriteRule .* https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [NE,R,L]

            ## If the request is for a valid directory, file, or link, don't do anything
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
            RewriteRule ^ - [L]

            #remove the trailing slash
            RewriteRule (.+)/$ $1

            # If you add this first rule to support views, be sure to remove the QSA flag from the second rule (maybe not required since the first rule has the L flag)
            #replace mypage/mycontroller with index.php?page=mypage&controller=mycontroller
            RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1&controller=$2 [L,QSA]
            #replace mypage with index.php?page=mypage
            RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]

        </IfModule>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Any help is much appreciated in advance...

I have a master file located along the root path that needs to be included in subdomains.  Inside the master file are includes like Code: [Select]
<?php include("../bodyCopy/anyfile.php"); ?> that need to reference the /bodyCopy directory IN THE SUBDOMAIN and NOT along the root.

The problem that I'm having is that the master file resides OUTSIDE of the subdomain on the root (in a '/bodyCopy' directory.

How do I write the PHP include so that files included in a subdomain from outside of the subdomain (on root) search directories INSIDE the subdomain and NOT relative to the root path?

Here's what I mean.

I have this file sitting on the root:  /home/xxxx/public_html/constructfiles/filetoinclude.php

It needs to be included he   /home/xxxx/public_html/SUBDOMAIN/publicfile.php

Then, 'filetoinclude.php' needs to include other files that are he   /home/xxxx/public_html/SUBDOMAIN/bodyCopy/otherfilestoinclude.php

...but, 'filetoinclude.php' is searching along the root path for '/home/xxxx/public_html/bodyCopy/otherfilestoinclude.php' (which does not exist), and NOT within the SUBDOMAIN for the '/home/xxxx/public_html/SUBDOMAIN/bodyCopy/otherfilestoinclude.php' like I need it to.

It appears that PHP will only search along the root path of the included file and NOT the root path of the file in which an include is included.

I'm confusing myself now, but I hope someone can help.

Thanks,

Jet

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hello,

i cant see why my navigation file path is not working

im working on my localhost:  http://localhost:8888/djsonrotation

my initialize file is located at http://localhost:8888/djsonrotation/includes/initialize.php

my navigation code is located at http://localhost:8888/djsonrotation/pages/pageContent/navigation/ddAccordion.php

my js is located at http://localhost:8888/djsonrotation/js/ddaccordion.js



if i put these on my ddAccordion.php it works


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to find my initialize file
<?PHP require_once("../../../includes/initialize.php"); ?>

to find my js file
<script type="text/javascript" src="../../../js/ddaccordion.js">


this is how my initialize file looks
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<?PHP
defined('DS') ? null : define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
defined('SITE_DOMAIN') ? null : define('SITE_DOMAIN', 'http://localhost/djsonrotation');
defined('SITE_ROOT') ? null : define('SITE_ROOT', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].DS.'djsonrotation');
defined('LIB_PATH') ? null : define('LIB_PATH', SITE_ROOT.DS.'includes');

defined('ELEMENTS') ? null : define('ELEMENTS', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].DS.'djsonrotation'.DS.'pages'.DS.'contElements');





the problem is i can't seem to change ../../../  in to a file path

like this does not work
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<?PHP require_once(include(LIB_PATH.DS."initialize.php")); ?>


i tried a couple of different file paths for my js file but they dont work either
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<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php include(SITE_DOMAIN.DS."js".DS."ddaccordion.js"); ?>">
or
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<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php include(SITE_ROOT.DS."js".DS."ddaccordion.js"); ?>">


i guess i could just use ../../../

but why are the include paths not working ????

thanks

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Hi all,

How do I get the following paths from the array separately in a foreach loop?
level.dat
level.dat_old
session.lock
uid.data

If I use

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foreach($outer_dir as $key=>$val)
[code]

then I get a warning because its returning the folder as 'Array'. The files still upload, as well as a single file called Array.

Can i just strip these from the foreach?

[code]
Array ( [data] => Array ( ) [level.dat] => level.dat [level.dat_old] => level.dat_old [players] => Array ( [herghost.dat] => herghost.dat ) [region] => Array ( [r.-1.0.mcr] => r.-1.0.mcr [r.0.0.mcr] => r.0.0.mcr ) [session.lock] => session.lock [uid.dat] => uid.dat ) herghost.dat

Many thanks from a confused user

First of all, does anyone know of some good documentation to better understand cookies?  I've gone through the PHP manual, and can find how to use PHP to work with cookies, but not how cookies really work.   In particular, it is my understanding that if the domain is .mydomain.com, then mydomain.com, www.mydomain.com, or whatEver.mydomain.com, cookies could be set for each, and available for each, right?   If path was /, cookies will be sent for mydomain.com, mydomain.com/bla, and mydomain.com/bla/bla. If path was /bla, cookies will be not be sent for mydomain.com, but will be sent for mydomain.com and mydomain.com/bla/bla.   Also, what would be the impact if Apache rewrote bla.mydomain.com to mydomain.com/bla?   Please feel free to provide any other insight on this topic.   Thank you

I have a form that lets a user upload an image, aswell as another file. I want the image to go into the images directory, and the pdf file to go into the PDF directory once uploaded. The names of the files will then be uploaded to the database.

At the moment I can get the image to upload to the database and directory, but the PDF is only uploading the name to the database, it is not going into the PDF directory aswell. I'm not sure if there is a way you can do this, I am trying to use "move_uploaded_file()" to physically move the files but not sure if you can use it twice.

here is my code, if you can point anything out or where im going wrong that would be great.
<?php

include "include/conn.php";

include "include/session.php";
?>

<?php


// Check to see if the type of file uploaded is a valid image type
function is_valid_type($file)
{
       
        $valid_types = array("image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/bmp", "image/gif");

        if (in_array($file['type'], $valid_types))
                return 1;
        return 0;
}




function showContents($array)
{
        echo "<pre>";
        print_r($array);
        echo "</pre>";
}

//Target path for image
$TARGET_PATH = dirname(__FILE__) . "/images/";

//Target path for PDF files
$PDF_TARGET_PATH = dirname(_FILE_) . "/PDF/";

// Get POST variables

$image = $_FILES['image'];

$pdf = $_FILES['pdf'];

$date= date("Y-m-d ");
$time = date("H:i:s");

$title = $_POST['title'];
$title_escape = mysql_escape_string($title);
$title_slashes = stripslashes($title_escape);

$content = $_POST['content'];

$image['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($image['name']);

$pdf['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($pdf['name']);


//image path
$TARGET_PATH .= $image['name'];

//PDF path
$PDF_TARGET_PATH .= $pdf['file_name'];

// Make sure all the fields from the form have inputs
if ($image['name'] == "" )
{
        $_SESSION['error'] = "All fields are required";
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}

// Verify file is an image
if (!is_valid_type($image))
{
        $_SESSION['error'] = "You must upload a jpeg, gif, or bmp";
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}



// move file into the directory and the path name into the database / along with the rest of the form fields
if (move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'], $TARGET_PATH))
{
        if(move_uploaded_file($pdf['tmp_name'], $PDF_TARGET_PATH))
{
$sql = "INSERT INTO media_table(title, text, time, date, image, PDF) VALUES ('" . $title_slashes . "','" . $content . "', '" . $time . "', '" . $date . "', '" . $image['name'] . "', '" . $pdf['name'] . "')";
        $result = mysql_query($sql) or die (mysql_error());
        header("Location: add_media.php");
        exit;
}
else
{
print "did not upload";
}
}
else
{
        
        $_SESSION['error'] = "Could not upload file.  Check read/write persmissions on the directory";
     
        exit;
}
?>

I have a directory in public WWW. The files throughout the directory have many PHP includes amongst themselves. For example, the file "registration.php" begins with require('../parameters.php');

The directory is complex, like this:

/Public WWW directory/
        /My_Directory
            parameters.php
            another_reg.php
                /app
                    files.inc
                     files2.inc
                    /morefiles
                    another.inc
                    another2.inc
                    /css
                mycss.css
                /pages
                config.php
                registration.php
            
My question: I want the entire directory moved out of reach above the public WWW, but I want "registration.php" to go into the public WWW.

How would I do that without breaking all the include paths? (I know the solution is probably a one-liner involving __DIR__  ... but I can't seem to code it so it works).

Thank you!!

 

I am using the free web host http://www.byethost2.com/ and need help figuring out where and how to make my php files to?!

Currently I have the following Config file...
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<?php
// Build Date: 2011-12-17 1:15pm

// Website Environment
define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');
//define('ENVIRONMENT', 'production');


// Web Root (aka Document Root) (**Physical Location)
define('WEB_ROOT', ENVIRONMENT === 'development'
? '/Users/user1/Documents/DEV/++htdocs/05_Debbie/'
: '/var/www/vhosts/MySite.com/httpdocs/');


// Base URL (**Virtual Location)
define('BASE_URL', ENVIRONMENT === 'development'
? 'http://local.debbie/'
: 'http://www.MySite.com/');
?>
What am I supposed to use for WEB_ROOT and BASE_URL on this free hosting site?!


Currently, to view my test website you go to...
http://www.doubledee.byethost2.com/

I suppose that could be "BASE_URL", but for where things are physically stored so I can redefine "WEB_ROOT" I have no clue...   

Help!

Thanks,


Debbie

my directory on my mamp server looks like this;

root/website/index.php

I also have some files in a folder like this

root/website/pages/files.php

My include code is this
include("functions.php");

When I try to include a file from the 'website' folder from a page in the 'pages' folder. It gives me errors that look like this.

Warning: include(functions.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /website/pages/contact.php on line 2

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'functions.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/lib/php') in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/website/pages/contact.php on line 2



That's what it looks like.. I can't get it working.

I am in the process of writing a CMS for a friend that is looking to add a classified section to his site. He will be the only one that will ever use it.

I got the code to work with one image when he asked me if I could do it so he could post 6 images for each item. I am unable to figure out how to do this. I was told to do this with a while loop.

This is the code that I have written so far.

<?php

//Check to make sure title is filled in. If not redirects to show_add.php
if (!$_POST[title]) {
header("Location: show_add.php");
exit;
} else {
//check and see if a session has started
session_start();
}
//if session has not been properly started redirects back to the administration menu
if ($_SESSION[valid] != "yes") {
header("Location: admin_menu.php");
exit;
}

include('includes/connection.php');


//check and see if the type of uploaded file is an image
function is_valid_type($file) {
$valid_types = array("image/jpg", "image/jpeg", "image/gif", "image/bmp");

if (in_array($file['type'], $valid_types))
return 1;
return 0;
}

//Set Constants
$TARGET_PATH = "/home/content/m/i/k/mikedmartiny/html/db_images/";

$title = $_POST['title'];
$year = $_POST['year'];
$make = $_POST['make'];
$model = $_POST['model'];
$descript = $_POST['descript'];
$image = $_FILES['image'];

//Sanitize the inputs
$title = mysql_real_escape_string($title);
$year = mysql_real_escape_string($year);
$make = mysql_real_escape_string($make);
$model = mysql_real_escape_string($model);
$descript = mysql_real_escape_string($descript);
$image['name'] = mysql_real_escape_string($image['name']);

//$target_path full string
$TARGET_PATH .= $image['name'];

//make sure that all fields from form are filled in
if ( $title == "" || $year == "" || $make =="" || $model == "" || $descript == "" || $image['name'] == "") {
$_SESSION['error']  = "ALL FIELDS ARE REQUIRED!";
header ("Location: show_add.php");
exit;
}

//check to make sure it has the right file type
if (!is_valid_type($image)){
$_SESSION['error'] = "You must upload a jpeg, gif, or bmp";
header ("Location: show_add.php");
exit;
}

//check to see if a file with that name exsists
if (file_exists($TARGET_PATH)){
$_SESSION['error'] = "A FILE WITH THAT NAME ALL READY EXIST!";
header ("Location: show_add.php");
exit;
}

//move the image - write path to database
while($image <=2) {
move_uploaded_file($image['tmp_name'], $TARGET_PATH)
} else {
// Make sure you chmod the directory to be writeable
$_SESSION['error'] = "COULD NOT UPLOAD FILE. CHECK WRITE/REWRITE PERMISSIONS ON THE FILE DIRECTORY!";
header ("Location: show_add.php");
exit;
}

$sql = "INSERT INTO $table (id, title, year, make, model, descript, image, image_two) VALUES ('', '$_POST[title]', '$_POST[year]', '$_POST[make]', '$_POST[model]', '$_POST[descript]', '" . $image['name'] . "', '" . $image['name'] . "')";

$result = mysql_query($sql) or die ("Could not insert data into DB: " . mysql_error());

?>


I only have it set up to work with 2 images right now. I thought it would be easier to get it to work properly. Then I could just add in the rest of the info later.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I was under the impression this was a simple thing to do and I'm fairly certain I've done it before, but it isn't working for some reason.

Under the root directory of my project I have two subfolders called "inc" and "lib". lib contains third-party scripts for use in my project. The one in question is phpmailer (lib/class.phpmailer.php). Now, in inc I have a file that needs to include PHPMailer.

Inside my script in inc I have this:
require_once('../lib/class.phpmailer.php');

It errors out saying it can't find it. I thought that was supposed to go down one directory then back up into lib. The file does indeed exist.

What am I doing wrong? This seems like a stupidly simple thing...

well good moring dear folks - hope you are all right and everythings is fine across the atlantic

today i have a  question regarding server-paths - and the absolute and relative in a linux-[opensuse 11.4] lampp-system
well i just installed something in to my Lampp on openSuse  11.4

while setting up  this application - (it is a joomla 1.7.3 ) i wonder how i name the paths


   public $unicodeslugs = '0';
   public $feed_limit = '10';
   public $log_path = 'D:\\Xammp\\xampp\\htdocs\\pre1/logs';
   public $tmp_path = 'D:\\Xammp\\xampp\\htdocs\\pre1/tmp';
   public $lifetime = '15';
   public $session_handler = 'database';



what cou you thinks how shoud i name the paths
well you see above this was a windows box where the pahts originally were taken from

love to hear from you

Folks,

I need help (Php code ) to generate a Dynamic Text on a Base Image. What i want to do is, to make this Image as header on my Site and to make this Header Specific to a Site, i want to Add the Domain Name on the Lower Left of the Image.

Got the Idea?

Here is the Image link:

Quote

http://img27.imageshack.us/i/shoppingheader1.jpg/


PHP Variable that holds the Domain name is:  $domain 

All i need the Dynamic PHP Codes that i can put on all my sites to generate this Text on Image (Header) Dynamically...

May Anyone Help me with this Please?

Cheers
Natasha T.

There is a section in my site in which i will need to give the user 3 options:

Generate Specific User Text As:
            1.  pdf
            2. .doc
            3. .txt
            4. print in html

The 4th option is simple. The other three are completely new to me.

I know little bit about fopen, fwrite and fclose, however these are commands that write files to the server. I need to write files to the users computer.

Is the best way for this to be:
 1. the user clicks .txt
 2. the .txt is written to the server
 3. the .txt is then downloaded to the users computer by the user
 4. the .txt is then deleted from the server

All 4 steps to be done with one click from the user.

Might there not be traffic problems if lots and lots of users are doing this at the same time?

Any pushes in right direction here would be great, there seems to be hundreds of sites saying different solutions