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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Cleaning URLs with Subfolders Server Paths and Constants

steven schwerin
steven schwerin
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Posted by steven schwerin
steven schwerin
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Including Constants Code Challenge

I'm not sure I understand what step 2 is asking in this code challenge. Is a relative server path the same as a root-relative path? If not, what is the difference?

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

A root-relative path begins with a forward slash and it's a path to a file relative to where the site root is.

A relative path is the path to a file relative to the file that you're currently in.

So if your index.php is here: htdocs/about/leadership/index.php

And you need to include this file here: htdocs/config/company.php

You have to think about the path you would have to take in order to get from "index.php" to "company.php"

Hint: You need to know how to go up a level in the directory structure.