PHP - Correct Way To Write Path For A Folder

When having different levels of directories, using relative paths will not work anymore, for example:


controller
- authentication

File 1: include('../../model/header.php')



model

File 2: header.php



view

File 3. style.css



The header.php file includes the css file with a relative path, but the problem is it includes it as follows: ../view/style.css


When now the header.php file gets included into File 1 in the folder "authentication", then the css file will not be accessible anymore, for it to be accessible you would have to go two directories up.

In this sense my question is, what would be the proper path structure for a folder structure with multiple levels? Should I rather use absolute paths, I am not so prone of absolute path. What if the folders changes a bit, or the domain changes, or the location changes?

I got this script:

But it give me error, file_get_contents cannot open stream.

I need to add the FTP connection with user/pass paramaters.

then look in set http url, to get the file contents(images) and transfer to ftp server location.

Can Anyone take alook and tell me if I am going down the right path and how to get there. Please

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function postToHost($host, $port, $path, $postdata = array(), $filedata = array()) {
$data = "";
$boundary = "---------------------".substr(md5(rand(0,32000)),0,10);
$fp = fsockopen($host, $port);

fputs($fp, "POST $path HTTP/1.0\n");
fputs($fp, "Host: $host\n");
fputs($fp, "Content-type: multipart/form-data; boundary=".$boundary."\n");

// Ab dieser Stelle sammeln wir erstmal alle Daten in einem String
// Sammeln der POST Daten
foreach($postdata as $key => $val){
$data .= "--$boundary\n";
$data .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"".$key."\"\n\n".$val."\n";
}

// Sammeln der FILE Daten
if($filedata) {
$data .= "--$boundary\n";
$data .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"".$filedata['name']."\"; filename=\"".$filedata['name']."\"\n";
$data .= "Content-Type: ".$filedata['type']."\n";
$data .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary\n\n";
$data .= $filedata['data']."\n";
$data .= "--$boundary--\n";
}

// Senden aller Informationen
fputs($fp, "Content-length: ".strlen($data)."\n\n");
fputs($fp, $data);

// Auslesen der Antwort
while(!feof($fp)) {
$res .= fread($fp, 1);
}
fclose($fp);

return $res;
}

$postdata = array('var1'=>'today', 'var2'=>'yesterday');
$filedata = array(
'type' => 'image/png',
'data' => file_get_contents('http://xxx/tdr-images/images/mapping/dynamic/deals/spot_map')
);

echo '<pre>'.postToHost ("localhost", 80, "/test3.php", $postdata, $filedata).'</pre>';

It's pretty simple to see what I am trying to do here. For some reason all results in the table are the same exact cityName replacing all existing records. The echoed results are correct. I've include a small dump of my table as well.

$query = "SELECT cityName FROM sys_city_dev_2";
      $resource = mysqli_query($cxn, $query) or die("MySQL error: " . mysqli_error($cxn) . "<hr>\nQuery: $query");
      
  while($result = mysqli_fetch_assoc($resource)) {

          $nox = $result['cityName'];

          $toUpper = ucfirst($nox);
  echo "$toUpper" . "<br />";

          $setString = "UPDATE sys_city_dev_2 SET cityName = '" . $toUpper ."' WHERE cityName != ''";
          mysqli_query($cxn,$setString);


      } 

100 Records of table dump (pre running my script above):

--
-- Table structure for table `sys_city_dev_2_backup`
--

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `sys_city_dev_2_backup` (
  `ID` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Mid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `cityName` varchar(30) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `forder` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `disdplay` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `cid` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`ID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=113970 ;

--
-- Dumping data for table `sys_city_dev_2_backup`
--

INSERT INTO `sys_city_dev_2_backup` (`ID`, `Mid`, `cityName`, `forder`, `disdplay`, `cid`) VALUES
(84010, 1, 'dothan', 0, 0, 0),
(84011, 1, 'alabaster', 0, 0, 0),
(84012, 1, 'birmingham', 0, 0, 0),
(84013, 2, 'flagstaff', 0, 0, 0),
(84014, 1, 'auburn', 0, 0, 0),
(84015, 1, 'florence', 0, 0, 0),
(84016, 1, 'gadsden', 0, 0, 0),
(84017, 1, 'huntsville', 0, 0, 0),
(84018, 1, 'mobile', 0, 0, 0),
(84019, 1, 'montgomery', 0, 0, 0),
(84020, 1, 'tuscaloosa', 0, 0, 0),
(84021, 2, 'mohave valley', 0, 0, 0),
(84022, 2, 'phoenix', 0, 0, 0),
(84023, 2, 'prescott', 0, 0, 0),
(84024, 2, 'sierra vista', 0, 0, 0),
(84025, 2, 'tucson', 0, 0, 0),
(84026, 2, 'yuma', 0, 0, 0),
(84027, 3, 'bakersfield', 0, 0, 0),
(84028, 3, 'chico', 0, 0, 0),
(84029, 3, 'fresno / madera', 0, 0, 0),
(84030, 3, 'gold country', 0, 0, 0),
(84031, 3, 'humboldt county', 0, 0, 0),
(84032, 3, 'imperial', 0, 0, 0),
(84033, 3, 'inland empire', 0, 0, 0),
(84034, 3, 'los angeles', 0, 0, 0),
(84035, 3, 'alhambra', 0, 0, 0),
(84036, 3, 'merced', 0, 0, 0),
(84037, 49, 'fayetteville', 0, 0, 0),
(84038, 49, 'fort smith', 0, 0, 0),
(84039, 49, 'jonesboro', 0, 0, 0),
(84040, 49, 'little rock', 0, 0, 0),
(84041, 49, 'arkadelphia', 0, 0, 0),
(84042, 49, 'texarkana', 0, 0, 0),
(84043, 3, 'modesto', 0, 0, 0),
(84044, 3, 'alta sierra', 0, 0, 0),
(84045, 3, 'alpine', 0, 0, 0),
(84046, 3, 'pedley', 0, 0, 0),
(84047, 3, 'redding', 0, 0, 0),
(84048, 3, 'alondra park', 0, 0, 0),
(84049, 3, 'sacramento', 0, 0, 0),
(84050, 4, 'canon city', 0, 0, 0),
(84051, 3, 'san luis obispo', 0, 0, 0),
(84052, 3, 'santa barbara', 0, 0, 0),
(84053, 3, 'stockton', 0, 0, 0),
(84054, 3, 'aliso viejo', 0, 0, 0),
(84055, 3, 'visalia', 0, 0, 0),
(84056, 3, 'yuba city', 0, 0, 0),
(84057, 4, 'boulder', 0, 0, 0),
(84058, 4, 'colorado springs', 0, 0, 0),
(84059, 4, 'denver', 0, 0, 0),
(84060, 4, 'applewood', 0, 0, 0),
(84061, 4, 'pueblo', 0, 0, 0),
(84062, 4, 'air force academy', 0, 0, 0),
(84063, 5, 'avon', 0, 0, 0),
(84064, 5, 'hartford', 0, 0, 0),
(84065, 5, 'new haven', 0, 0, 0),
(84066, 5, 'ansonia', 0, 0, 0),
(84067, 5, 'fairfield', 0, 0, 0),
(84068, 7, 'daytona beach', 0, 0, 0),
(84069, 7, 'sebastian', 0, 0, 0),
(84070, 5, 'wallingford center', 0, 0, 0),
(84071, 8, 'belvedere park', 0, 0, 0),
(84072, 7, 'sarasota springs', 0, 0, 0),
(84073, 7, 'sandalfoot cove', 0, 0, 0),
(84074, 7, 'san carlos park', 0, 0, 0),
(84075, 7, 'st. augustine', 0, 0, 0),
(84076, 7, 'tallahassee', 0, 0, 0),
(84077, 7, 'safety harbor', 0, 0, 0),
(84078, 7, 'ruskin', 0, 0, 0),
(84079, 8, 'athens-clarke county', 0, 0, 0),
(84080, 8, 'atlanta', 0, 0, 0),
(84081, 8, 'augusta-richmond county', 0, 0, 0),
(84082, 8, 'brunswick', 0, 0, 0),
(84083, 8, 'columbus', 0, 0, 0),
(84084, 8, 'americus', 0, 0, 0),
(84085, 8, 'acworth', 0, 0, 0),
(84086, 8, 'valdosta', 0, 0, 0),
(84087, 10, 'boise', 0, 0, 0),
(84088, 10, 'ammon', 0, 0, 0),
(84089, 10, 'moscow', 0, 0, 0),
(84090, 10, 'blackfoot', 0, 0, 0),
(84091, 10, 'twin falls', 0, 0, 0),
(84092, 10, 'meridian', 0, 0, 0),
(84093, 10, 'jerome', 0, 0, 0),
(84094, 10, 'idaho falls', 0, 0, 0),
(84095, 11, 'addison', 0, 0, 0),
(84096, 10, 'garden city', 0, 0, 0),
(84097, 10, 'eagle', 0, 0, 0),
(84098, 10, 'chubbuck', 0, 0, 0),
(84099, 10, 'caldwell', 0, 0, 0),
(84100, 12, 'bloomington', 0, 0, 0),
(84101, 12, 'evansville', 0, 0, 0),
(84102, 12, 'fort wayne', 0, 0, 0),
(84103, 12, 'indianapolis', 0, 0, 0),
(84104, 12, 'muncie / anderson', 0, 0, 0),
(84105, 12, 'lafayette / west lafayette', 0, 0, 0),
(84106, 12, 'south bend / michiana', 0, 0, 0),
(84107, 12, 'terre haute', 0, 0, 0),
(84108, 12, 'northwest indiana', 0, 0, 0),
(84109, 13, 'ames', 0, 0, 0);

I want to copy everything in templates/blue to the folder code/

However:

shell_exec("cp -r 'templates/blue' 'code'");

Creates a folder called blue inside code. I tried cp -r 'templates/blue/*' 'code', but that didn't do anything.

Any ideas?

Hi guys,

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thanks,

Hi,

I have a dynamic variable like this:

/def/g/qaz/pol/cxz/cba/abc

I only wish to keep this:

/def/g/qaz/pol/cxz

How would I do this?

Thanks,

- mme

In NetBeans - in what I think is the Web Root - I have...

config.inc.php
secure/checkout.php

In "checkout.php", when I use this code it works...

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<?php require_once "../config.inc.php"; ?>
but when I try to use an Absolute Path, it errors out...

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<?php require_once "/config.inc.php"; ?>

I thought "/" moved you up to the Web Root and then you drill down from there?

So the second example should also work in my mind?!

What is wrong?



Debbie

hey guys im still having a issue with using the root path when requiring external files. So i can use one path and never have to worry about this issue.

require("/functions/function_battle.php");
the file is located here
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C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\htdocs\System_Lords\functions\function_battle.php
i dont understand (include_path='.;C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\php\PEAR')
im suppose to be including the php folder or something?


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Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/functions/function_battle.php'
 (include_path='.;C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\php\PEAR') in
 C:\Software\XAMPP\xampp\htdocs\System_Lords\include\battle.php on line 2

Hello,
I would like to know how to include a root file in a 4 deep folder using dots.
Is it good : include "../../../config.php" or i can simple include "./config.php" ?
How does this works? Is it better to write all the path?
Thank you

It's the simple things that frustrate me sometimes.

My project has a one root folder. Under that are three separate folders (admin, img, and inc). "admin" contains admin pages, "img" contains images, and "inc" contains utility files to be included and used by other scripts.

I'll just take one specific problem as an example. In my inc folder is a file called "send_email.php". It needs to include another file called "class.phpmailer.php" in the same directory (inc). Now, since these files are never called directly but included by scripts in the rest of the project, I cannot simply do "require('class.phpmailer.php')".

I have a file in the base project directory called validation.php. It needs to include inc/send_email.php to use its functions to, obviously, send email. Now, that part is no problem. I just require('inc/send_email.php') since that is a valid path from validation.php. My problem comes when send_email.php tries  to include class.phpmailer.php. As I said before, I cannot just directly include it without any path since it's not being called directly. It "inherits" the path of the file that called it so just a direct require to it.

My "solution" was to add a config value called "path" to my config file in the root directory. It would ideally hold the path from the server root to my project folder. In my case I set it to "/danny/smswebalerts/" which is indeed the correct path from my web root. I use $config['path'] to link to my images and CSS files and it works correctly.

I thought it would solve my problem when I did the following in send_email.php:

require_once($config['path'] . 'inc/class.phpmailer.php');

That indeed correctly builds the full path to that file: /danny/smswebalerts/inc/class.phpmailer.php. When I open up a page that includes send_email, however, I get the following error:

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Warning: require_once(/danny/smswebalerts/inc/class.phpmailer.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/danny/workspace/smswebalerts/inc/send_email.php on line 20
I would appreciate if somebody could give me some nice solution before I just say "screw it" to organization and plop everything in the same directory. It's really frustrating that my project is being held up by some technicality like this.

I have the folder structure like: root application system assets uploads folder assets contains all css, img, and js. uploads contains user uploaded file.   I set a "helper/assets_helper.php" file to define:

define ('ASSETS_PATH', base_url().'assets/');
define ('UPLOAD_URL', base_url().'uploads/');

For all the css, img, and js, it works well like

href="<?php echo ASSETS_PATH; ?>css/mycss.css"

But when I display the uploaded images, it couldn't display image with

<a href="<?php echo UPLOAD_URL;?>images/myupload01.jpg" ><img src="<?php echo UPLOAD_URL;?>images/myupload01.jpg" /></a>

This uploaded image actually works fine with my localhost with the link like: http://localhost:900.../myupload01.jpg.   But it couldn't display on my hosting server with like: http://users.mywebsi.../myupload01.jpg   Can anyone shed some light on it. Thanks!
Edited by TFT2012, 20 October 2014 - 10:43 AM.

Hey guys! I just joined this forum today, and I'm wondering about something...

I see a lot of sites, and in the code of the site, style sheets and javascript includes are references in a manner similar to this...

"href='http://www.somesite.com/css/css.php/someDirectory/style.css'"

How is this done? The path following the "css.php" is what confuses me.  Thanks for any information you have!

Directory structu

/home/~test/public_html/soap/
    .../xml/
    .../bin/
    .../products/browser/

In file /home/~test/public_html/soap/bin/products/browser/test.php, I include another file and call it's function:
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require("../../xml/processXML.php");

$xmlData = generateXML(....);

In the /home/~test/public_html/soap/xml/processXML.php, I have the following code:
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function generateXML()
{
     exec("../bin/code.cur");
}

The problem is the exec("../bin/code.cur") fails of the relative path issue.  I did a getcwd() before the exec() and it returned /home/~test/public_html/soap/bin/products/browser.  I have tried using dirname() and no help.  I hope this is clear enought to understand where I am coming from.

Thank you.
AM

Can I use this path?  I didn't know if I could  pull in images into a subdomain from another domain ../mysite.com/assets/img/avatars/defaultuser.jpg

my problem is when i click on hyperlink it start copying it self insertrow=yes
in address bar how to tackle this

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$httpquery = "{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?{$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']}&insertrow=yes" ;
<a href='{$httpquery}' >New</a> <br>

if (isset($_GET['insertrow'])) {
echo "<br> {$_GET['insertrow']} ";
}