chdir

[bahbah]

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help me to understand chdir properly.

I need to use chdir to require a script.

By chdir'ing I am able to require the script properly.

By chdir'ing one of the other scripts on the same page breaks.

For example:

If I have a php script includes others. Where is that script executed ?

If I have a php script with a require that uses chdir. Where is that script executed ?

If I have a php script with 2 requires that uses a chdir for one of them where is the script initially executed ? and would chdiring back to this location allow the other script to run ?

Confused ? Me too!

Thanks

[Steve Machol]

Are you running on a Windows server by any chance? I've seen some Windows servers have problems with the chdir function.

[bahbah]

Linux thanks Steve

[Razz]

I'm not 100% sure on this as I have never needed to use it yet in a script, but I'm sure that if you're using relative paths in your includes, once you use chdir you need to allow for the directory change in your relative paths.

[Ken Iovino]

chdir(); Is pretty simple to understand.

I use this on my site for my custom portal page. In my /root/index.php file i have this:

chdir('/home/vbhacker/public_html/forum/');
require_once('./global.php');
require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php'); 

What that does is places my index.php file in the /root/forum/ enviorment. It doesn't acually move it there, but it munipulates the code to belive its there.