Re: simulate library list function in php

[Glenn Hopwood <ghopwood.list@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've never used it, but there's a directive in PHP named include_path 
that MAY do what you need.

Having said that, I think you might be better off using entirely 
separate environments for test and production (either use multiple 
servers or one server with multiple virtual hosts).

In our shop, we have one server with multiple virtual hosts which have 
different document root folders. The environment that you're in is 
controlled by http port (e.g. myserver:80 = production, myserver:8080 = 
test).

Glenn

On 6/24/2013 7:51 AM, Larry Kleinman wrote:
> Hi all - I am trying to set up a test environment for my web site where I
> can make changes to certain pages, put the changed pages in a folder
> called TEST and then run my regular site but whenever one of the changed
> pages is referenced (whether via an include statement, or a submit, or
> HREF) the page that is used is the one in TEST, not the one in the
> production folder. Essentially, I want this to behave the way an AS/400
> library list works - somehow put folder TEST in front of the other folders
> but only do this when running in test. I don't care whether "running in
> test" means going to a different URL, whether it means connecting with a
> different user profile, etc - all i want is for the site to run normally
> except when I go to it in "test mode". I tried doing a AliasMatch in my
> apache config file and it works for pages that are submitted, but not for
> pages referenced via an include statement in PHP. I'm guessing that there
> might be something that i can do with the PHP.ini file, but I don't know
> how to do this, or how to make it only happen for "test" signons
>
> Larry Kleinman
> Kleinman Associates, Inc.
> 212-949-6469