jQuery: determine the [server's] Document Root
document-root, javascript, jquery, php
Solution
Are you looking for `document.location.hostname`?
var root = document.location.hostname;
$("#example").load( root + path + file );
Problem
in PHP you can get the document root by: `$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']`. Ej: PHP ``` <?php $root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $path = '/example/directory/'; $file = 'some-file.html'; include( $root . $path . $file ); ...etc ?> ``` How can I get the value of `$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']` in jQuery/JavaScript? jQuery ``` //Example: var root = ????; var path = 'example/directory/'; var file = 'some-file.txt'; $("#example").load( root + path + file ); ``` Notes: Whenever I work on directories, on an HTML page, the "BASE" directory becomes the directory of the current file. Ej, `www.ejample.com/documents/examples/this-ex.html`. If I just call `$("#example").load( path + file )` the request would be `documents/examples/ + example/directory`. Like I said, it's not a question about server-side stuff. Is about getting a correct (and automatic) directory position