noob php question

verbatim · 04-30-2005, 10:33 AM

if i want a variable to = the name of the folder the script is placed in, how would i write that?

script is in : /var/www/html/userz/joe/

and i want the username to be 'joe'

any help offered is appreciated.

i thought the code below would work but it didnt

PHP Code:



$username = '/var/www/html/userz/ . dirname';

xrado · 04-30-2005, 11:26 AM

can you rephrase your question...

verbatim · 04-30-2005, 12:38 PM

i have a php script with a $username variable in it .

i would like for username to reflect the pathto the folder the script is in.

i thought the code below would work but it didnt

PHP Code:



$username = '/var/www/html/userz/ . dirname';

xrado · 04-30-2005, 12:54 PM

do you mean $PHP_SELF

$PHP_SELF variable contain the path to script you are running

what is this dot doing in your string?

still dont understant what you are trying to do

verbatim · 04-30-2005, 01:22 PM

sorry for explaining it wrong.

what i meant to say was, if thephp file is in a folder called 'joe'

how can i make a script that says $username = this folder

so that if the folder is 'joe' - $username = joe
will appear.

or if the folder the script is in is melissa
$username = melissa

ilhbutshm · 04-30-2005, 06:17 PM

I guess this is it:

PHP Code:



<?php 
 
    $public_path = $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]; 
    $public_path = substr($public_path, 1); 
     
    $array = explode("/", $public_path); 
     
    $num_elemnt = count($array); 
     
    $num_elemnt = $num_elemnt - 2; 
     
    $username = $array[$num_elemnt]; 
    echo 'USERNAME: '.$username; 
 
?>

You'll probably want to make a function out of this... (;