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Friday, 17 October 2008

#46 - Finding the Joomla Absolute Path

One of the very first thing you need to do when installing Joomla 1.0 is to find the absolute path. This is basically the folder on the hard disk where Joomla will be installed. When you buy your hosting account from a web hosting company, you may not always know the exact path, because this will be hidden, and the path varies from company to company, from server to server and from account to account. So you'll need to discover it before you even start installing. Thankfully, this is not a very difficult thing to do.

Create a file named absolutepath.php using Notepad or any other text editor and in it place the following code:

<?php
$path = getcwd();
echo "Your Absoluthe Path is: ";
echo $path;
?>

Using your FTP software, upload the file to your hosting account. Open your browser and type inhttp://www.yourdomain.com/absolutepath.php.

Once this is done, delete the file because this will create a security problem.

Thankfully, Joomla 1.5 does this transparently without any involvement from the user.

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