[wp-hackers] find wp-config from a plugin file

[Abel Cheung]

On Jan 29, 2008 9:12 PM, Jacob Santos <wordpress at santosj.name> wrote:
> I finally understood what purpose having more than one dirname() has and
> well you don't need it. The same can be solved doing this: <?php
> require_once( realpath( dirname(__FILE__) .'/../../wp_config.php'); ?>.

Completely unusable if the plugin directory is symlinked to another location.

Abel


> I would have to suggest that you first check whether the file exists two
> folders above you and if it doesn't, then check if it is three folders
> above you. However, since ABSPATH can be anywhere in relation to where
> your plugin is, I would say, just record ABSPATH and just call that path
> for AJAX. It would add some overhead, but you'll be right every time.
> Not sure how the user will feel having their full path stored in the
> database though. I wouldn't mind myself.
>
> What in the WordPress API, do you need?
>
> Jacob Santos
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