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13 Aug 2008, 11:48 PM

ebaobao

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relative path start with slash?

Hello,
I've been coding with relative paths without the slash and everything is working great. Does anyone know if relative paths should start with a "/"

which one is right or better?

13 Aug 2008, 11:59 PM

drbyte

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Re: relative path start with slash?

By definition, a relative path does not start with a slash. Starting with a slash makes it an "absolute" path instead of "relative".

ie: if your store was in a subfolder, starting with a slash would suggest the "root" of your webspace, which would not be the store if it's in a subfolder.

So ... unless you really mean "/", don't use it.