File Path troubles!

manda

I'm working on an add-on right now that adds a .js file to the head of each page, and that .js file calls a different php file from the extension folder... the problem is that the file path isn't working on any files nested in folders beyond the top level... is there a config setting or something that calls the absolute path to the extension folder? How can I get it to work in javascript? Thanks!

SubJunk

To go back one folder you just use "../", so say you have this setup:

file1.php
folder/file2.js
folder/folder/file3.js

To reference file1.php from file2.js you would use:

href="../file1.php"

To reference file1.php from file3.js you would use:

href="../../file1.php"

etc. Does that help? Sorry if it's not helpful I just didn't fully understand what the problem is

miquel

yes, there is $Configuration['EXTENSIONS_PATH']but right now I don't see how to use it in the js code, sorry :P

SubJunk

To use PHP in a JavaScript file you can just add the following to the .htaccess file in that folder:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .js
All that does is tell the server to treat .js files as .php files, it is mainly used for making .xml files dynamic but can be used for anything.
Then of course you need to include_once the config file so that the .js file knows what the extensions path is.

Dinoboff

In js you can use that to get the path to the forum:
var pathFinder, root; pathFinder = new PathFinder(); root = pathFinder.getRootPath('script', 'src', 'extensions/MyExtension/myScript.js') || pathFinder.getRootPath('script', 'src', /extensions\/LowCalVanilla\/packer\.php.*$/) || '';
For the path to the extensions folder, you would use that:
var pathFinder, root; pathFinder = new PathFinder(); extensionRoot = pathFinder.getRootPath('script', 'src', 'MyExtension/myScript.js') || pathFinder.getRootPath('script', 'src', /LowCalVanilla\/packer\.php.*$/) || '';