[SOLVED] please give the right path for the php files?

shams · 08-27-2019, 11:58 AM

All the dropdown php files are in the dropd directory, these are the files:

Code:

http://example.com/dropd/2c-ajax-geo.php
http://example.com/dropd/3a-index.html 
http://example.com/dropd/lib/2a-config.php
http://example.com/dropd/lib/2b-lib-geo.php
http://example.com/dropd/public/3b-demo.js
http://example.com/dropd/public/3c-demo.css

I should give the right paths in these files to connect to the mysql database:
path in the file lib/2a-config.php:

Code:

// PATH
define('PATH_LIB', 'ABSOLUTE PATH HERE')

Path in the file 2c-ajax-geo.php:

Code:

// (1) INIT
require __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "lib" . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "2a-config.php";
require PATH_LIB . "2b-lib-geo.php";

The Path for the file 2c-ajax-geo.php in the file public/3b-demo.js:

Code:

xhr.open('POST', "PATH/2c-ajax-geo.php")

This is what i did but cannot connect to the database:
path in the file lib/2a-config.php:

Code:

// PATH
define('PATH_LIB', __DIR__ . '/lib');

Path in the file 2c-ajax-geo.php:

Code:

require __DIR__ . "/" . "lib" . "/" . "2a-config.php";
require "/lib/" . "2b-lib-geo.php";

The Path for the file 2c-ajax-geo.php in the file public/3b-demo.js:

Code:

xhr.open('POST', "/2c-ajax-geo.php", true);

j-ray · 08-28-2019, 02:36 AM

It would be helpful if you post the error messages that show. At first glance I think that this
require "/lib/" . "2b-lib-geo.php";
cannot work and should be replaced by
require "./lib/" . "2b-lib-geo.php";
or
require "./dropd/lib/" . "2b-lib-geo.php";

But without error message this is just a shot in the dark...

scasey · 08-28-2019, 01:25 PM

^ yes
The config files want the path as seen on disk, not as the browser sees them.
Please post the error(s) you're getting.

j-ray · 08-28-2019, 01:42 PM

The require searches an absolute path as scasey says or a path from the include_path setup in the php.ini. Some hosters setup the include_path in a way that it matches the document root of the domain. But you should not rely on that. But you can run within a php file:

echo get_include_path();

This will tell you about the settings.

shams · 08-28-2019, 07:53 PM

Thanks for replies, there was one error for the permission, and these paths solve the problem:

Code:

// PATH
define('PATH_LIB', '/lib')
require __DIR__ . '/lib/2a-config.php';
require __DIR__ . '/lib/2b-lib-geo.php';
xhr.open('POST', "2c-ajax-geo.php", true);