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Mr.Anderson · 09-17-2003, 07:12 PM

I've been trying to echo back an IMG SRC="yadda yadda",
but I have this problem where I have to define an exact path
for the image. I don't know why, but ...

PHP Code:

  echo "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" background=\"../images/lines11.gif\" link=\"#FFFFFF\" vlink=\"#999999\">\n";

 // This one works, and it's using a relative path!?

echo "<img src=\"E:\Joe\appServ\www\images\banner.gif\"><br>\n";

 // This one works, but it's an absolute path.

echo "<img src=\"../images/banner.gif\"><br>\n";

 // This does not work.

echo "<img src=\"http://localhost/images/banner.gif\"><br>\n";

 // Nor does this does not work.

I'm really not sure what the problem is.
( Short of user error.

)

Any ideas?

EDIT: Nevermind, I found the problem. I needed to allow inherited permissions on the files since I changed my account type a few days ago. It's working perfectly now.

09-17-2003, 07:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr.Anderson Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 24	Relative paths -- I need help and I'm out of ideas. I've been trying to echo back an IMG SRC="yadda yadda", but I have this problem where I have to define an exact path for the image. I don't know why, but ... PHP Code: `echo "<body bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" background=\"../images/lines11.gif\" link=\"#FFFFFF\" vlink=\"#999999\">\n"; // This one works, and it's using a relative path!? echo "<img src=\"E:\Joe\appServ\www\images\banner.gif\"><br>\n"; // This one works, but it's an absolute path. echo "<img src=\"../images/banner.gif\"><br>\n"; // This does not work. echo "<img src=\"http://localhost/images/banner.gif\"><br>\n"; // Nor does this does not work.` I'm really not sure what the problem is. ( Short of user error. ) Any ideas? EDIT: Nevermind, I found the problem. I needed to allow inherited permissions on the files since I changed my account type a few days ago. It's working perfectly now.