PHP fopen : full path /var/www/vhosts/<domain>httpdocs/ necessary?

[flupke]

I want to open file relatively to the domain httpdocs directory, up to now I have to use /var/www/vhosts/<domain>httpdocs , there must be a way to use relative path to the domain root or not?



Regards,

Flupke

 

[breun]

I'm not sure what you're trying to do...

 

[stupidnic]

As a general rule absolute paths are faster (granted fractions of a second) than relative paths, or even path looks ups.

For my PHP code, I always set a constant that uses the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] variable assigned to a constant:

define( 'BASE_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] );

Then I can call includes by using:

include( BASE_DIR . '/path/to/file.php');

It is secure, and handy as you can access constants anywhere including methods of classes, functions, etc.

You could also use relative paths like:

include( './path/to/file.php' );

However that could cause problems if you ever need to move things around.

Good luck.

 

[Amin Taheri]

I agree with stupidnic - I do something similar as standard practice.