Document Root PHP

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Just to confirm  is using     SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT     the same as using     in HTML   Eg  If current document is   folder folder folder index php   I could use  in HTML  to start at the roort    somedoc html   and to do the same in PHP I would have to use     SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT       somedoc html     Is that correct  Is there an easier way to do it

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Just   refers to the root of your website from the public html folder  DOCUMENT ROOT refers to the local path to the folder on the server that contains your website   For example  I have EasyPHP setup on a machine       SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT   gives me file    C  Program 20Files 20 x86  EasyPHP-5 3 9 www but any file I link to with just   will be relative to my www folder   If you want to give the absolute path to a file on your server  from the server s root  you can use DOCUMENT ROOT  if you want to give the absolute path to a file from your website s root  use just

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Yes  on the server side   SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT   is equivalent to   on the client side   For example  the value of     SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT    images thumbnail png  will be the string  var www html images thumbnail png on a server where it s local file at that path can be reached from the client side at the url http   example com images thumbnail png  No  in other words the value of   SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT   is not   rather it is the server s local path to what the server shows the client at example com   note    SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT   does not include a trailing

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lt a href  quot  lt  php echo   SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT     hello html     gt  quot  gt go with php lt  a gt       lt br   gt   lt a href  quot  hello html quot  gt go to with html lt  a gt   Try this yourself and find that they are not exactly the same    SERVER  DOCUMENT ROOT   renders an actual file path  on my computer running as it s own server  C  wamp www  HTML s   renders the root of the server url  in my case  localhost  But C  wamp www hello html and localhost hello html are in fact the same file

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The Easiest way to do it is to have good site structure and write it as a constant   DEFINE  BACK ROOT    var www

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