Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-21 Thread tamouse mailing lists
On Jun 20, 2013 7:20 PM, "Tedd Sperling" wrote: > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Stuart Dallas wrote: > > Whatever the reason for this, I'd recommend you always specify a path relative to the current script. > > > > In PHP 5.3+: > > > > $fcontents = file(__DIR__.'/docs/admin-email.txt'); > > > >

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jun 20, 2013, at 7:12 PM, Stuart Dallas wrote: > Whatever the reason for this, I'd recommend you always specify a path > relative to the current script. > > In PHP 5.3+: > > $fcontents = file(__DIR__.'/docs/admin-email.txt'); > > Prior to 5.3: > > $fcontents = file(dirname(__FILE__).'/docs

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Stuart Dallas
On 20 Jun 2013, at 18:39, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a very strange problem. > > I can use this statement in one folder: > > $fcontents = file('docs/admin-email.txt'); > > But in a different folder with an exact path having 'docs/admin-email.txt', I > get: > > Warning:

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Marc Guay
Never used it but searching turned up http://php.net/manual/en/function.chdir.php Marc On 20 June 2013 12:57, Tedd Sperling wrote: > On Jun 20, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bastien wrote: >> >> It sounds like a current working directory issue. Try running a getcwd() in >> both places to see how they are

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
Daniel: I placed it at root and it reports: /home/content/64//html/sdi That's the same path that had problems. tedd _ tedd.sperl...@gmail.com http://sperling.com On Jun 20, 2013, at 2:22 PM, Daniel Brown wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Tedd Sperling > wro

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Daniel Brown
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Bastien: > > You were right on - by changing the directory to what I needed, everything > works. > > My follow-up question is "Why?" > > I have *never* had to specifically tell any script to chdir() -- why with > that one? Sounds like

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Bastien
Bastien Koert On 2013-06-20, at 2:14 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Bastien: > > You were right on - by changing the directory to what I needed, everything > works. > > My follow-up question is "Why?" > > I have *never* had to specifically tell any script to chdir() -- why with > that one? >

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Bastien
Bastien Koert On 2013-06-20, at 1:57 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > On Jun 20, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bastien wrote: >> >> It sounds like a current working directory issue. Try running a getcwd() in >> both places to see how they are set >> >> Bastien > > I think you have something, here's the rep

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
Bastien: You were right on - by changing the directory to what I needed, everything works. My follow-up question is "Why?" I have *never* had to specifically tell any script to chdir() -- why with that one? Cheers and Thanks! tedd _ tedd.sperl...@gmail.com http://sperli

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
On Jun 20, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bastien wrote: > > It sounds like a current working directory issue. Try running a getcwd() in > both places to see how they are set > > Bastien I think you have something, here's the reports: Works: /home/content/64//html/sdi/tedd/php-mail Does NOT work:

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
Matijin: My mistake in posting -- I have tried it several different ways including absolute. Nothing works. Cheers, tedd --- On Jun 20, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Matijn Woudt wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a very strange problem. > >

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Bastien
On 2013-06-20, at 1:39 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a very strange problem. > > I can use this statement in one folder: > >$fcontents = file('docs/admin-email.txt'); > > But in a different folder with an exact path having 'docs/admin-email.txt', I > get: > > Warning:

Re: [PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Matijn Woudt
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Tedd Sperling wrote: > Hi gang: > > I have a very strange problem. > > I can use this statement in one folder: > > $fcontents = file('docs/admin-email.txt'); > > But in a different folder with an exact path having > 'docs/admin-email.txt', I get: > > Warni

[PHP] A Strange Problem

2013-06-20 Thread Tedd Sperling
Hi gang: I have a very strange problem. I can use this statement in one folder: $fcontents = file('docs/admin-email.txt'); But in a different folder with an exact path having 'docs/admin-email.txt', I get: Warning: file(/docs/admin-email.txt) [function.file]: failed to open stream: No

[PHP] A strange problem..

2005-04-03 Thread JoShQuNe \(TR\)
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