chdir working

[mcvdmvs]

Im having a problem with chdir.
This is a piece of my code

in a function a variable of an dir is given: $variable
the variable must be lowercase:
$variable = strtolower($variable);
then i need to go to the dir:
chdir("../../../mod_index/nieuwsbrief/".$variable);

but what i get is:
/mod_index/nieuwsbriefVariable
where Variable is the content if $variable.

It seems that PHP is first changing dir and then converting to lowercase, even if i set the conversion before changing dir.

Is it my fault or a bug?
and how do i solve this?

MiQ
mick@vandermostvanspijk.nl

http://www.mcvdmvs.net

currently installed: html, JavaScript, dhtml, css, php, mysql, postgresql, xml, linux, apache
about to install: java, c++

 

[inlandpac]

Well, I did the following and it worked like a charm:

$maindir = "test/";
$subdir = "Test_SUB";

$variable = $maindir.$subdir;

$variable = strtolower($variable);
chdir($variable) or die("cannot change dir to ".$variable);

I created a folder called 'test' and then a sub-folder in test called 'test_sub' and it worked fine. I then tested the exception by changing test to a folder that does not exist and it gave me not only the die statement but also the PHP error.

So, I don't really know why it does not work for you.

 

[mcvdmvs]

I worked it out:
$dir = $DOCUMENT_ROOT."../../../mod_index/nieuwsbrief/".$variable
chdir($dir);

works, thanx MiQ
mick@nederland.net
wezine.vandermostvanspijk.nl
currently installed: html, JavaScript, dhtml, css, php, mysql, postgresql, xml, linux, apache
about to install: java, c++