Filesize problem

Hi - I need to extract the filesize from some files on the webserver.

The directory structure is like this

Root
- Public_html
- Downloads
- Includes

All the files I want the size of are in Downloads

The php files are in Public_Html and the includes are in Includes.

A PHP file calls a file in Includes which tries to get the size of a
file in Downloads.

I am a bit unclear how to structure the file reference for the Filesave
function.

It only works if I put the script itself in Downloads and run it from
there.

In that case I've got

filesize("./filename.doc");

any bright ideas?

Many thanks

On 8 Feb 2005 09:42:20 -0800
steve.burgess@boston-spa.org.uk wrote:

> Hi - I need to extract the filesize from some files on the
> webserver.
>
> The directory structure is like this
>
> Root
> - Public_html
> - Downloads
> - Includes
>
> All the files I want the size of are in Downloads
>
> The php files are in Public_Html and the includes are in
> Includes.
>
> A PHP file calls a file in Includes which tries to get the size
> of a file in Downloads.
>
> I am a bit unclear how to structure the file reference for the
> Filesave function.
>
> It only works if I put the script itself in Downloads and run
> it from there.
>
> In that case I've got
>
> filesize("./filename.doc");
>
> any bright ideas?

If you script runs from public_html/, then the correct path is
Downloads/filename.doc. Even if you include code from Includes/,
it doesn't change the path, AFAIK.

You can use the absolute path as well... but I think that it will
only complicate matters. Also, a function instead of a include
may serve you better... you can pass the path to the function and
write some code there to handle the path better.

If you are having these problems because sometimes you run code
from one directory and sometimes you wanna run the same code from
another directory... then re-think your structure of files/dirs.

*** steve.burgess@boston-spa.org.uk escribió/wrote (8 Feb 2005 09:42:20
-0800):
> It only works if I put the script itself in Downloads and run it from
> there.
>
> In that case I've got
>
> filesize("./filename.doc");
>
> any bright ideas?

You haven't told us what you do and how it fails.


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Thanks so much.

Problem solved.

Steve