File upload w/ dynamic path + Win XP SP2

[alexus]

Ok, I lost my previous post so I?m writing again, I was trying to upload file using Example scripts and obliviously I got permission error, because I?m using Win XP as host. Ok I went and add permissions to temp_folder , it supposed to work but I have SP2 installed and that one was blocking me from moving file so I have to add Modify permission for IUSER in my permanent upload directory? Any was that is just a comment of SP2

The question is what is the name of environmental variable that reruns patch to my website? (in my case should be ?c:/interbub/wwwroot/eShot/?

Thanks!

[peg110]

The question is what is the name of environmental variable that reruns patch to my website? (in my case should be ?c:/interbub/wwwroot/eShot/?

Huh?

If you want to know what environemental variables are set, you can do the following:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click System. On the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables. There is your list. Find the one you are looking for.

Good luck.

[alexus]

yes those are machine based (+ Windows)

I’m talking about PHP vard such as $_SERVER, $PHP_SELF but for www root,
I searched them in PHP_INFO(); but it’s not there!

[peg110]

http://us2.php.net/variables.predefined

The www root is defined in $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’]

It is not determined by the PHP.INI it’s dertermined by the webserver software. I use Apache and it’s in the httpd.conf file.

EDIT: I just checked my PHPINFO() and it showed up as an Apache Environment Variable.

[alexus]

Well the problem is that I don’t have this variable…
If I try to use it I’ll get:

Notice: Undefined index: DOCUMENT_ROOT in c:inetpubwwwrooteShoploc.php on line 2

Yes, I’m running XP/IIS for development and FreeBSD/Apache for hosting

So, how to I supposed to develop universal app?

PS: I had that variable somewhere that works on all platforms, but I lost my script and dont remember the name…

[peg110]

I don’t know for sure, but it looks like the $_SERVER[‘PATH_TRANSLATED’] can be used to find the document root.

I don’t see that variable in my list when I check my webserver (on Apache). Likewise, I don’t get a DOCUMENT_ROOT on IIS either.

The translated path gives you the entire local path to the script (after the server has done any virtual-to-real mapping). Perhaps that could be useful to you.

[alexus]

THis returns me:

c:\inetpub\wwwroot\eShop\loc.php

Including the name of the curent exec file… that is not good for me unles I cut the name of the file an leave only the path

Also if I’ll play with triming I would probably use other rariable that will return same thing but with single slash rather then with double

But, there was a var that gives the path right a way on all platforms with out any problems…

[peg110]

Well I’ll tell you what I do. I have a “GLOBALS” file :
[php]<?
echo ‘

$_POST
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_POST)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_SERVER
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_SERVER)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_REQUEST
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_REQUEST)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_ENV
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_ENV)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_SESSION
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_SESSION)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_FILES
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_FILES[userfile])) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

echo ‘

$_COOKIE
’;
while(list($Index, $content)= each($_COOKIE)) echo $Index." - “.$content.”
";

?>
[/php]

I run this and it spit’s out all the global variables available to PHP. I cannot find the one you are looking for.

As I checked on php.net I found out this:

$_SERVER is an array containing information such as headers, paths, and script locations. The entries in this array are created by the webserver. There is no guarantee that every webserver will provide any of these; servers may omit some, or provide others not listed here. That said, a large number of these variables are accounted for in the CGI 1.1 specification, so you should be able to expect those.

So I am thinking that maybe your variable you are looking for is a Function that checks the available globals and uses what it can.

You mentioned that you would have to strip off the script name off of the PATH_TRANSLATED Variable. Well all you would have to do is use the PHP_SELF which identifies the script, relative to the document root.

I know it’s not what you are looking for, but I don’t know what else to tell you on the subject. Document Root is something that is a Webserver thing so perhaps you need to check an IIS (or Microsoft) newsgroup/forum to see if there is a way to get IIS to send that info.

as for the double slashes… That’s a windows. Because windows uses the back slash as opposed to the unix/linux forward slash, they have to “Escaped” thus the double backslash.

Resolving this is as simple as using the stripslashes function http://us4.php.net/stripslashes

[alexus]

Ok,
Then I’llwrite a script and post it here for tuning up…