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Old 06-27-2007
Jerry Stuckle
 
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Default Re: Determining document root when $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is notan option

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're using PHP 4.4.4 with Apache 2 on Linux. Aggravatingly, the
> hosting company has done something to where $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
> no longer returns the path to the web root directory. I have now gone
> through all my code and replaced $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] with a
> constant, DOC_ROOT. Now, the challenge is to define the constant.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> One important thing. The file the constant will be defined in is not
> necessarily going to be a file at the web root level.
>
> Thanks for all your help, - Dave
>


IMHO if they can't or won't fix $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], then it's
time to change hosting companies. I wouldn't host with a company who
screwed up such an important predefined value.

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