Re: FN-FORUM: server paths

date posted 11th November 2005 13:58

Hello Kathy & Nathan,

Thank you both for your help. The reason I asked is, I have discovered the
only way to build my own sites search facility using php is with a
programme.

This entails using about six or seven scripts, of which the main one is
config.php. This contains all the relevant MySQL table names,
connection_scripts etc. Other scripts for searching and showing results
including placing properties on hold so if you come back, only new
properties are shown. The latter could be done using cookies, but that may
not work as many turn cookies off.

My hosting company wont allow: php-nook, php-smarty or any other progs like
that to run on their server.

Anyway I want to run php scripts from my cgi bin.[not allowed] I don't have
[nor can I] have a folder named htdocs [unless I add this to each address]
so the structure is:

folder public ¦folder graphics¦folder include¦¦folder php scripts¦folder
members¦folder chat¦¦¦¦¦¦¦¦

Where ¦ denotes a folder within a folder.. So in the end the base folder is
actually 7 deep away from the folder public, which is equal to htdocs, which
is on the same level as cgi_bin and house graphics..

Now I have to take the address from chat back to public, i.e. up 7 levels of
folders. I also need to be able to enter these addresses in my config.php
script, house_graphics and public.html....

DG)



----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: server paths


>
> [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Can anyone help me with this problem. I'm trying to come to terms with
paths
> > on my hosting companies server. So if I have:
> >
> > folder=main same level cgi-bin same level folder aa
> > under this folder=graphics
> > under this folder=a
> > so on
> > What is the path from the most base folder to cgi-bin and the reverse.
or
> > from folder aa to cgi bin?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Have goolged asked 'help paths on server', 'how do you set path on
server',
> > setting path to folder on server'. None of which returned any useful
> > information...
> >
> > DG)
>
> Firstly I'm assuming we are talking a Linux/Unix server here (if it is
> windows then change all forward slashes to back slashes.
>
> I'm having some trouble understanding the layout but from what you have
> said I'm gussing its:
>
> main/
> cgi-bin/
> aa/graphics/
> aa/graphics/a/
>
>
> The bit I'm guessing you're missing is:
> ../ which is the parent directory of the one you are in.
>
> so if you are in the aa/ directory then the relative path to the cgi-bin
> directory is:
> ../cgi-bin/
>
> if you're in the aa/graphics/ directory then its:
> ../../cgi-bin/
>
> and if you are in the aa/grahics/a/ directory then its:
> ../../../cgi-bin/
>
> Hope that sorts it out.
>
> Nathan
>
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