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How can I find the complete access path or "path" for my site or for a specific directory?
How can I find the complete access path or "path" for my site or for a specific directory?
You may obtain the path using an environment variable
in Perl -> my $path = $ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}:
en PHP ->$path = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"];
You can also use /home/sites/www.yourdomain.xxx but the former method is preferable.
Otherwise, create a file called path.php (with Notepad for example) containing:
To find the path for a specific directory, e.g. the "data" folder found at the same level as the "web" folder, you make a call to realpath:
in Perl -> my $path = $ENV{'DOCUMENT_ROOT'}:
en PHP ->$path = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"];
You can also use /home/sites/www.yourdomain.xxx but the former method is preferable.
Otherwise, create a file called path.php (with Notepad for example) containing:
<?php
phpinfo();
echo realpath("path.php");
?>To find the path for a specific directory, e.g. the "data" folder found at the same level as the "web" folder, you make a call to realpath:
echo realpath("/home/sites/www.yourdomain.xxx/data");
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