[FX.php List] A question about path when running cron jobs

[Steve Winter]

Hi Jonathan

Try using:

$rootDir		= dirname(__FILE__);

This will set the variable to the full path (from system root) of the file which is being run. Then you can use things like

require_once($rootDir.'/config.php');
require_once($rootDir.'/includes/somestuff.php');
require_once($rootDir.'/../src/assets/includes/config.php');

To include/require other files and still have that relative to the script which is running, but fully referenced...

echo "$rootDir\n";
/Library/WebServer/Documents/soloPress/webFleet
echo "$rootDir/config.php\n";
/Library/WebServer/Documents/soloPress/webFleet/config.php
echo "$rootDir/../src/assets/includes/config.php\n";
/Library/WebServer/Documents/soloPress/webFleet/../src/assets/includes/config.php
echo file_exists($rootDir.'/../src/assets/includes/config.php'); 
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Hope this helps...

Cheers
Steve

> OK. That answers that question. Thanks.
> 
> Now, what is the best way to do this if my goal is to have transportable code with a single definition?  To be honest, path statements are not my strength.  In this particular case, the target folder (connections) is located outside of and at the same level of the web root.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> J
> 
> At 3:46 PM -0700 9/28/11, david weiner wrote:
>> Yes, you need to specify the full path for the cron version.
>> 
>> 
>> On Sep 28, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi folks,
>>> 
>>> I am having trouble with paths when running php scripts using Cron in OS X server environment.
>>> 
>>> The scripts run fine if/when launched in development mode from a web browser.  However, when run from Cron, the script can not find files included with relative paths. For example:
>>> 
>>> include('../../Connections/connections.php');
>>> 
>>> I'm thinking that the context of the script is not the same when run in the two different environments.
>>> 
>>> Anyone know?
>>> 
>>> jonathan
>>> 
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