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Mild Fuzz
Mild Fuzz

Reputation: 30691

how can I get a URL from an absolute folder path?

I have a php function that is moving files for me. It requires absolute paths to place those files (/Applications/MAMP/HTdocs/mysite/myfolder)

how can a turn this folder path string into a url (http://mysite.com/myfolder) so that I can create links to the files on the fly?

I do not know necessarily the names of the folders, as the software could be run in many locations.

Many thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4690

Answers (3)

Your Common Sense
Your Common Sense

Reputation: 157863

Obviously, you need to know server root for such a calculation.
Luclikly, $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] contains this path.
So, just subtract server root path from the given path:

$path = '/Applications/MAMP/HTdocs/mysite/myfolder';
$approot = substr($path,strlen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']));

check if you have a drive letter in the DOCUMENT_ROOT, and correct the code if necessary

Note that adding http://mysite.com is unnecessary and useless. just /myfolder/ is what you really need.

Upvotes: 3

Hugo Delsing
Hugo Delsing

Reputation: 14173

You can check for this value: $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"];

That is the root of your website. If you have the folder and replace the $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] with the $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] you will get the URL to the folder/file

Upvotes: 2

Muhammad Ummar
Muhammad Ummar

Reputation: 3631

If mysite folder is within HTdocs then you can access it using http://yourdomain/mysite, (if HTodcs is your home directory)

Upvotes: 0

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