Second Site: Absolute References

[Magnus]

Hi,

 

I have just started reading part 3 of the book and downloaded the code; but I have trouble with the absolute referenced links. I am using WAMPSERVER on Windows XP, PHP 5.2.11, Apache 2.2.11, and MySQL 5.1.36. I did not have any problem with the first site, or with any other site... but this is the first time for me with absolute references.

 

If I do as Larry says on page 185 that one should not do, adding a dot before the slash or stripping the first slash, it works. But I understand that this will cause problems with the mod rewrite later...

 

Has anyone run into the same problem, and managed to solve it?

 

Thanks!

 

Magnus

[Larry]

Where are you placing your site files and what URL are you using?

[Magnus]

Where are you placing your site files and what URL are you using?

 

Hi Larry,

 

This is the second of your books I am reading; the reason why I did not register in the Forum before is that this is the first time I have run into problems :-) I learned PHP from your book PHP and My SQL for Dynamic Web Sites, 2nd edition. I definitely will buy the new edition as soon as it comes out to update my knowledge. Thanks for translating Geek into English!

 

I placed the files in C:wamp/www/ecom2/html

 

Here is how I tried to define the paths in the config file:

define ('BASE_URI', 'C:\wamp\www\ecom2\\');

define ('BASE_URL', 'localhost\ecom2\html\\');

define ('MYSQL', BASE_URI . 'mysql.inc.php');

 

I think the BASE_URI is ok, because the database is connected, but looses contact if I change the BASE_URI. I have tried various different solutions for the BASE_URL, without success...

 

And here is the URL I am using:

http://localhost/ecom2/html/

 

Example from the header:

This is not working: <link href="/css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

This is working: <link href="./css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

This is working: <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

 

Thanks!

 

Magnus

[Larry]

Thanks for the nice words. Your BASE_URI and BASE_URL values are fine (kudos). Your absolute references such as /css isn't working because the css directory isn't at the root of the Web site; it's at /ecom2/html/css. Because your site isn't at /, you'll need to change instances (in HTML and CSS) to initial / to /ecom2/html/ Also, your relative references, such as ./css and css/ will work for the index page, but won't when you get to the browse and shop pages, which act as if they're in subdirectories (because of mod_rewrite).

[Magnus]

Thanks for the nice words. Your BASE_URI and BASE_URL values are fine (kudos). Your absolute references such as /css isn't working because the css directory isn't at the root of the Web site; it's at /ecom2/html/css. Because your site isn't at /, you'll need to change instances (in HTML and CSS) to initial / to /ecom2/html/ Also, your relative references, such as ./css and css/ will work for the index page, but won't when you get to the browse and shop pages, which act as if they're in subdirectories (because of mod_rewrite).

 

 

Now I have found the problem, and the solution... The problem was that I had not set up WAMP with virtual hosts. The solution was a good tutorial (http://cesaric.com/?p=255) on how to set up virtual hosts in WAMP; and now the site works :-)

 

/Magnus

[Larry]

That would be an alternative solution, and was what I did when writing the book (or working on any new project).