Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> # stuttle@gmail.com / 2007-01-05 17:17:46 +0000:
>
>> Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>>
>>> # stuttle@gmail.com / 2007-01-05 16:34:41 +0000:
>>>
>>>> Delta Storm wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm a beginner and i'm still learning PHP and I got a problem:
>>>>>
>>>>> $file = "http://localhost/test_folder/test1.txt"; //I have
>>>>> also tried "test_folder/test1.txt" and "text1.txt"
>>>>>
>>>>> $fh = fopen($file, "r") or die("Could not open file!");
>>>>>
>>>>> The file exist, I'm using apache server on my PC for practicing and
>>>>> the file is located in the servers root folder on the subfolder
>>>>> "test_folder".
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Is there a reason why you're trying to access it through a URL? If not,
>>>> please don't.
>>>>
>>>> The file path needs to be relative to the current file. So if your PHP
>>>> file is in the root, "test_folder/test1.txt" should work. If your PHP
>>>> file is in a folder named code in the root, "../test_folder/text1.txt"
>>>> should work.
>>>>
>>> Arent' you confusing this with something else? fopen() is affected
>>> by the current working directory of the process calling it. What kind of
>>> "root" are you talking about? The filesystem root, "/"?
>>>
>> The OP referred to the "servers root folder". Now stop nit-picking and
>> go back to quoting standards.
>>
>
> I'm not nitpicking. If the webserver process (assuming mod_php) runs in
> a different directory, fopen("relative/to/documentroot/path.txt") won't
> help him at all, and as far as I can tell, it's quite common for web
> servers to run with pretty much any cwd, often / or /var/empty (these
> are local filesystem paths).

Ok, let me clarify...

Using mod_php with Apache will make the current directory the directory
that contains the script being requested. I am assuming that the OP is
trying to access the file from the script that is being requested and
not an included file in a different directory - I should have been
clearer on that.

I never said anything about being relative to the document root - you
pulled that out of somewhere yourself.

Happy now?

-Stut