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Sandokan
Sandokan

Reputation: 849

Set a directory path for my entire site

On the website I'm administrating, I use several include and require. I would like to define the entire structure of the website in some config-file that is included on each page so I don't have to worry about paths any more and no matter where the file is located, include('any_filename.php'); will always work. I'd like to add that the site is on a shared host and I don't have full control of absolute paths or any .ini-file. The directory structure looks like this:

myDomainName.com
|
+-public_html
  |
  +-pictures
  |
  +-include
  |
  +-templates

where myDomainName.com is as high as I can go.
Or is there a smarter way to go?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 88

Answers (2)

Evan Mulawski
Evan Mulawski

Reputation: 55334

Use set_include_path that is built-in to PHP.

Upvotes: 2

Madara's Ghost
Madara's Ghost

Reputation: 174967

The best way I can think of is to have a constant containing your base directory:

define("BASE_DIR", "/myDomainName.com/public_html/");

And have all subsequent files to include in the form of:

include BASE_DIR . "any_file.php";

If your PHP version is above 4.3.0 (very likely), you could also use set_include_path()

Upvotes: 1

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