Pathing issues for a module

[quentinjs]

I want to create a set or reports that sit in a directory called /admin/reports. If I take the report "stats_products_viewed.php" from/admin and move it to /admin/reports and change the pathing for the REQUIRE to

require('../../includes/application_top.php');

it can't find the configure.php in includes and so tries to do a zc_install instead.

I'd rather not clutter up the admin folder more then it already is, but still want my report tool to fit within the admin area (including admin security).... any suggestions?

[kobra]

I do not see the reason to change the require statement?? Have you tried leaving it and copying/moving the file? The require pathing should be left as:

  require('includes/application_top.php');

Depending on what you are attempring with this, there may be other things that you should change.

[quentinjs]

I do not see the reason to change the require statement?? Have you tried leaving it and copying/moving the file? The require pathing should be left as:

  require('includes/application_top.php');

Depending on what you are attempring with this, there may be other things that you should change.

If I leave the file as is, and just move it to "reports" it shows a blank form, no meta, nothing happens.

[quentinjs]

If you want to keep all your stuff neat and tidy in a subdirectory off of say admin, like admin/reports then there is some tricks you need to employ to make sure that the includes work properly.

1. All html paths saying 'include/xxxx' need to be changed to '../include/xxxx'
2. The "require('xxxx') statements need to be changed as follows
<?php
$qcd = getcwd();
chdir('../');
require('xxxx');
chdir($qcd);
?>

basically this moves the directory back, does the "Require" and then moves you back to your subdirectory. Now there is more elegant ways of doing this, but that would require recoding the entire zencart base files.... not a job on my to-dlo list currently.

There may be other required changes, but this should hopefully help out those wanting to do this.

[quentinjs]

Note.... if you want to ue any of thhe neat and wonderful functions built for say paging combos... then your totally hooped!



You see in the functions, it parses off all but the basepath, and then adds the file back on. No idea why all the extra work was done to restrict thi, but other then making copies of the offending functions ( or hacking the originals) your stuck withh putting everything into the maind directories..... store/ or store/admin.

[oboeonetwothree]

If you want to keep all your stuff neat and tidy in a subdirectory off of say admin, like admin/reports then there is some tricks you need to employ to make sure that the includes work properly.

1. All html paths saying 'include/xxxx' need to be changed to '../include/xxxx'
2. The "require('xxxx') statements need to be changed as follows
<?php
$qcd = getcwd();
chdir('../');
require('xxxx');
chdir($qcd);
?>

basically this moves the directory back, does the "Require" and then moves you back to your subdirectory. Now there is more elegant ways of doing this, but that would require recoding the entire zencart base files.... not a job on my to-dlo list currently.

There may be other required changes, but this should hopefully help out those wanting to do this.

Could this method be used to move down a directory as well?

If I have my files that I want to have access to application_top.php in the website root a directory above /shop/, would this work, or are there limitations?:

<?php 
  $qcd =  getcwd();
  chdir('/shop/');
  require('xxxx');
  chdir($qcd);
 ?>

Also, are there limitations that you, or anyone else has found using your exact workaround?