Dir in forum directory (getting global.php stuff)

[Dean C]

If i have a directory in my forum directory like so:

forums/mydir

And i want to include global.php from the forums directory and use its values in my index.php in mydir what code do I use. I've tried using chdir but to no effect.

Any ideas on how I can get it :)?

- miSt

[filburt1]

require("../global.php");

[Dean C]

<?php

error_reporting(7);
require("../global.php");

echo $bburl;

?>


That's all my code just for testing purposes at the moment but it's just displaying a blank page :(

[Gavin B.]

Does that give you an error? It should if it can't include it (may have to comment out the error reporting line to see)...

Perhaps ../forum/config.php ? if not... you may need to use the real path - ie /home/users/public_html/forum/

[assassingod]

Using the full path wont work, i've tried it (many times)

[filburt1]

Try combinations of chdir'ing and then require'ing. :)

[SmEdD]

/forums/mydir

[Gavin B.]

Yesterday at 11:09 PM assassingod said this in Post #5 (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?postid=426890#post426890)
Using the full path wont work, i've tried it (many times)


I meant the real server path... not http://www.example.com/forum/config.php because more than likely it will give you a seeking not allowed error in that case ;)

[Dean C]

Make a directory in your forums directory called 'moo'.

Then upload this as your index.php file:


<?php

error_reporting(7);
require("../global.php");

echo $bburl;

?>


$bburl being a global variable should be outputted to the page...

I see nothing :(

[Gavin B.]

Ah I see what it's doing. It is trying to include ./admin/config.php relative to the /forum/folder/ directory... not sure if I have a solution for that unless you just copy paste the global.php file into your new directory and alter the line where it includes config.php to point.

[NTLDR]

The simplest way would be to create a symlink in moo to global.php and to forums/admin.

Or:

chdir('../');

[Dean C]

So i put that line before requiring global.php right? ^^

[Gavin B.]

I don't know if that will work, but worth a shot.
I thought changing the include path would work, (ie ini_set('include_path', '.:/path/to/script/here/'); but on *nix boxes apparently is doesn't work with files included within an include. :(

[SmEdD]

$vbpath ="/path/to/folder/with/global/in/it";
chdir($vbpath);
require_once("global.php");

or like NTLDR said