I can't believe PHP doesn't have an easy solution of this simple matter. ASP.NET has a ~ sign that cares of this issue and starts everything from root level. Here's my problem:
localhost/MySite
-->Admin
-- Edit.php
-->Class
-- class.EditInfo.php
-->Texts
-- MyInfo.txt
--ShowInfo.php
Inside class.EditInfo.php I am accessing MyInfo.txt so I defined a relative path "../Texts/MyInfo.txt". Then I created an object of EditInfo in Admin/Edit.php and accessed Texts/MyInfo.txt it worked fine.
But now I have to create an object of EditInfo in ShowInfo.php and access Texts/MyInfo.txt and here's the problem occurs. As I am using a relative path in my class whenever I am creating an objEditInfo and trying to access MyInfo.txt I am getting "File doesn't exist" error.
Now I am looking for something that's equivalent to "~/Texts/MyInfo.txt" of ASP.NET. Is there anything similar to that out there??? Or do I have to set the path with some if/else condition?
UPDATE:
I used $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']. I was using a subfolder where my actual website was. So I had to use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/mySite" & then adding rest of the address ("/Texts/MyInfo.php") to it.
Create a constant with absolute path to the root by using define in ShowInfo.php:
define('ROOTPATH', __DIR__);
Or PHP <= 5.3
define('ROOTPATH', dirname(__FILE__));
Now use it:
if (file_exists(ROOTPATH.'/Texts/MyInfo.txt')) {
// ...
}
Or use the DOCUMENT_ROOT defined in $_SERVER:
if (file_exists($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/Texts/MyInfo.txt')) {
// ...
}
In PHP there is a global variable containing various details related to the server. It's called $_SERVER. It contains also the root:
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
The only problem is that the entries in this variable are provided by the web server and there is no guarantee that all web servers offer them.
It always best to start any custom PHP project with a bootstrap file where you define the most commonly used paths as constants, based on values extracted from $_SERVER. It should make migrating your projects or parts of your project to another server or to another directory on the server a hell of a lot easier.
This is how I define my root paths :
define("LOCAL_PATH_ROOT", $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
define("HTTP_PATH_ROOT", isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]) ? $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] : (isset($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]) ? $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] : '_UNKNOWN_'));
The path LOCAL_PATH_ROOT is the document root. The path HTTP_PATH_ROOT is the equivalent when accessing the same path via HTTP.
At that point, converting any local path to an HTTP path can be done with the following code :
str_replace(LOCAL_PATH_ROOT, RELATIVE_PATH_ROOT, $my_path)
If you want to ensure compatibility with Windows based servers, you'll need to replace the directory seperator with a URL seperator as well :
str_replace(LOCAL_PATH_ROOT, RELATIVE_PATH_ROOT, str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', $my_path))
Here's the full bootstrap code that I'm using for the PHP PowerTools boilerplate :
defined('LOCAL_PATH_BOOTSTRAP') || define("LOCAL_PATH_BOOTSTRAP", __DIR__);
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE SEPERATOR ALIASES
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("URL_SEPARATOR", '/');
define("DS", DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
define("PS", PATH_SEPARATOR);
define("US", URL_SEPARATOR);
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE ROOT PATHS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("RELATIVE_PATH_ROOT", '');
define("LOCAL_PATH_ROOT", $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
define("HTTP_PATH_ROOT",
isset($_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"]) ?
$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] : (
isset($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]) ?
$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] : '_UNKNOWN_'));
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE RELATIVE PATHS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("RELATIVE_PATH_BASE",
str_replace(LOCAL_PATH_ROOT, RELATIVE_PATH_ROOT, getcwd()));
define("RELATIVE_PATH_APP", dirname(RELATIVE_PATH_BASE));
define("RELATIVE_PATH_LIBRARY", RELATIVE_PATH_APP . DS . 'vendor');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_HELPERS", RELATIVE_PATH_BASE);
define("RELATIVE_PATH_TEMPLATE", RELATIVE_PATH_BASE . DS . 'templates');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_CONFIG", RELATIVE_PATH_BASE . DS . 'config');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_PAGES", RELATIVE_PATH_BASE . DS . 'pages');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET", RELATIVE_PATH_BASE . DS . 'assets');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_IMG", RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET . DS . 'img');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_CSS", RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET . DS . 'css');
define("RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_JS", RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET . DS . 'js');
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE LOCAL PATHS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("LOCAL_PATH_BASE", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_BASE);
define("LOCAL_PATH_APP", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_APP);
define("LOCAL_PATH_LIBRARY", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_LIBRARY);
define("LOCAL_PATH_HELPERS", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_HELPERS);
define("LOCAL_PATH_TEMPLATE", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_TEMPLATE);
define("LOCAL_PATH_CONFIG", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_CONFIG);
define("LOCAL_PATH_PAGES", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_PAGES);
define("LOCAL_PATH_ASSET", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET);
define("LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_IMG", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_IMG);
define("LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_CSS", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_CSS);
define("LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_JS", LOCAL_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_JS);
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE URL PATHS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
if (US === DS) { // needed for compatibility with windows
define("HTTP_PATH_BASE", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_BASE);
define("HTTP_PATH_APP", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_APP);
define("HTTP_PATH_LIBRARY", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_HELPERS", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_TEMPLATE", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_CONFIG", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_PAGES", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET);
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_IMG", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_IMG);
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_CSS", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_CSS);
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_JS", HTTP_PATH_ROOT . RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_JS);
} else {
define("HTTP_PATH_BASE", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_BASE));
define("HTTP_PATH_APP", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_APP));
define("HTTP_PATH_LIBRARY", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_HELPERS", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_TEMPLATE", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_CONFIG", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_PAGES", false);
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET));
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_IMG", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_IMG));
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_CSS", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_CSS));
define("HTTP_PATH_ASSET_JS", HTTP_PATH_ROOT .
str_replace(DS, US, RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_JS));
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE REQUEST PARAMETERS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("REQUEST_QUERY",
isset($_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"]) && $_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] != '' ?
$_SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] : false);
define("REQUEST_METHOD",
isset($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]) ?
strtoupper($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]) : false);
define("REQUEST_STATUS",
isset($_SERVER["REDIRECT_STATUS"]) ?
$_SERVER["REDIRECT_STATUS"] : false);
define("REQUEST_PROTOCOL",
isset($_SERVER["HTTP_ORIGIN"]) ?
substr($_SERVER["HTTP_ORIGIN"], 0,
strpos($_SERVER["HTTP_ORIGIN"], '://') + 3) : 'http://');
define("REQUEST_PATH",
isset($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]) ?
str_replace(RELATIVE_PATH_BASE, '',
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]) : '_UNKNOWN_');
define("REQUEST_PATH_STRIP_QUERY",
REQUEST_QUERY ?
str_replace('?' . REQUEST_QUERY, '', REQUEST_PATH) : REQUEST_PATH);
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
// DEFINE SITE PARAMETERS
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------
define("PRODUCTION", false);
define("PAGE_PATH_DEFAULT", US . 'index');
define("PAGE_PATH",
(REQUEST_PATH_STRIP_QUERY === US) ?
PAGE_PATH_DEFAULT : REQUEST_PATH_STRIP_QUERY);
If you add the above code to your own project, outputting all user constants at this point (which you can do with get_defined_constants(true) should give a result that looks somewhat like this :
array (
'LOCAL_PATH_BOOTSTRAP' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'URL_SEPARATOR' => '/',
'DS' => '/',
'PS' => ':',
'US' => '/',
'RELATIVE_PATH_ROOT' => '',
'LOCAL_PATH_ROOT' => '/var/www',
'HTTP_PATH_ROOT' => 'localhost:8888',
'RELATIVE_PATH_BASE' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'RELATIVE_PATH_APP' => '/libraries/backend/Data',
'RELATIVE_PATH_LIBRARY' => '/libraries/backend/Data/vendor',
'RELATIVE_PATH_HELPERS' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'RELATIVE_PATH_TEMPLATE' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/templates',
'RELATIVE_PATH_CONFIG' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/config',
'RELATIVE_PATH_PAGES' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/pages',
'RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets',
'RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_IMG' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/img',
'RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_CSS' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/css',
'RELATIVE_PATH_ASSET_JS' => '/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/js',
'LOCAL_PATH_BASE' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'LOCAL_PATH_APP' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data',
'LOCAL_PATH_LIBRARY' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/vendor',
'LOCAL_PATH_HELPERS' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'LOCAL_PATH_TEMPLATE' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/templates',
'LOCAL_PATH_CONFIG' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/config',
'LOCAL_PATH_PAGES' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/pages',
'LOCAL_PATH_ASSET' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets',
'LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_IMG' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/img',
'LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_CSS' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/css',
'LOCAL_PATH_ASSET_JS' => '/var/www/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/js',
'HTTP_PATH_BASE' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data/examples',
'HTTP_PATH_APP' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data',
'HTTP_PATH_LIBRARY' => false,
'HTTP_PATH_HELPERS' => false,
'HTTP_PATH_TEMPLATE' => false,
'HTTP_PATH_CONFIG' => false,
'HTTP_PATH_PAGES' => false,
'HTTP_PATH_ASSET' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets',
'HTTP_PATH_ASSET_IMG' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/img',
'HTTP_PATH_ASSET_CSS' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/css',
'HTTP_PATH_ASSET_JS' => 'localhost:8888/libraries/backend/Data/examples/assets/js',
'REQUEST_QUERY' => false,
'REQUEST_METHOD' => 'GET',
'REQUEST_STATUS' => false,
'REQUEST_PROTOCOL' => 'http://',
'REQUEST_PATH' => '/',
'REQUEST_PATH_STRIP_QUERY' => '/',
'PRODUCTION' => false,
'PAGE_PATH_DEFAULT' => '/index',
'PAGE_PATH' => '/index',
)
You can access the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] variable :
<?php
$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$path .= "/subdir1/yourdocument.txt";
?>
The best way to do this given your setup is to define a constant describing the root path of your site. You can create a file config.php at the root of your application:
<?php
define('SITE_ROOT', dirname(__FILE__));
$file_path = SITE_ROOT . '/Texts/MyInfo.txt';
?>
Then include config.php in each entry point script and reference SITE_ROOT in your code rather than giving a relative path.
use dirname(__FILE__) in a global configuration file.
The best way Using dirname(). Because SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] not working all servers, and also return server running path.
$root = dirname( __FILE__ );
$root = __DIR__;
$filePath = realpath(dirname(__FILE__));
$rootPath = realpath($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
$htmlPath = str_replace($root, '', $filePath);
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11604445/php-absolute-path-to-root