problem in path

[jemz]

Hi,


I need some help about the path i don't know how can i access this in php

this is the path c:\wamp\www\first_folder\second_folder\third_folder\image.jpg


src="../third_folder/image.jpg"

but i could not display the image...what is the correct way in accessing my image thank you in advance.

[guido2004]

It depends where the code is relative to the image. In what folder is the code file stored that contains src="../third_folder/image.jpg" ?

[jemz]

It depends where the code is relative to the image. In what folder is the code file stored that contains src="../third_folder/image.jpg" ?

The php code is in the first_folder and the image.jpg is in the third_folder.

[guido2004]

The php code is in the first_folder and the image.jpg is in the third_folder.

Then try

src="second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg"

[jemz]

Then try

src="second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg"

why not like this
src="../second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg" ?

[guido2004]

why not like this
src="../second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg" ?

Why would you want to add '../' ? Do you know what that means?

[jemz]

Why would you want to add '../' ? Do you know what that means?

Hi, sorry for the late reply,to be honest i don't know what this means "../",can you please enlighten my mind on what it means.

By the way it's working i tried your solution thank you so much for helping me.

[Cups]

If this is the real path of your files...

c:\wamp\www\first_folder\second_folder\third_folder\image.jpg

And the home page of your website is served from :

c:\wamp\www\

Then your html should reference it from that home page by adding a slash before the path of the requested file :

<img src = "/fiirst_folder/second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg" />

Then it matters naught where the webpage is served from on that website.

You need to read up on the difference between relative and absolute path.

ps

../ means go up one directory from where I am now.

../images means go up one directory from where I am now, then go down into a directory called images

These are relative links (relative to where I am now)

[jemz]

If this is the real path of your files...

c:\wamp\www\first_folder\second_folder\third_folder\image.jpg

And the home page of your website is served from :

c:\wamp\www\

Then your html should reference it from that home page by adding a slash before the path of the requested file :

<img src = "/fiirst_folder/second_folder/third_folder/image.jpg" />

Then it matters naught where the webpage is served from on that website.

You need to read up on the difference between relative and absolute path.

ps

../ means go up one directory from where I am now.

../images means go up one directory from where I am now, then go down into a directory called images

These are relative links (relative to where I am now)

Hi cups, Thank you for enlighten my mind...it helps me.

[John_Betong]

Hi @jemz,

I have struggled with paths and now define all paths in a constant.php. The file is then included:

# constants.php

# constants
define('LOCALHOST', in_array($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], array('localhost', '127.0.0.1') ));

if(LOCALHOST)
{
  $tmp =  "c:\wamp\www\first_folder\second_folder\third_folder\";
  define('THUMB_PATH', substr($tmp,2) );

  define('THUMB_URL', "http://subdomain.localhost/thumb/");
}
else
{
  define('THUMB_PATH', "/home/content/42/558877/html/ci_john/subdomain/thumb/');" );

  define('THUMB_URL', "http://subdomain.Johns-Jokes.com/thumb/");
} 

#usage: - works both for LOCALHOST and Online

  require_once 'constants';   

  echo "<img src='" .THUMB_URL  ."image.jpg'  style='border:0' alt='whatever' />"; 

[jemz]

Hi @jemz,

I have struggled with paths and now define all paths in a constant.php. The file is then included:

# constants.php

# constants
define('LOCALHOST', in_array($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], array('localhost', '127.0.0.1') ));

if(LOCALHOST)
{
  $tmp =  "c:\wamp\www\first_folder\second_folder\third_folder\";
  define('THUMB_PATH', substr($tmp,2) );

  define('THUMB_URL', "http://subdomain.localhost/thumb/");
}
else
{
  define('THUMB_PATH', "/home/content/42/558877/html/ci_john/subdomain/thumb/');" );

  define('THUMB_URL', "http://subdomain.Johns-Jokes.com/thumb/");
} 

#usage: - works both for LOCALHOST and Online

  require_once 'constants';   

  echo "<img src='" .THUMB_URL  ."image.jpg'  style='border:0' alt='whatever' />"; 

Hi,Thank you so much for this,and for helping me...I give a try on this.