Setting Variables with .htaccess
I was thinking a few months ago how handy it would be if I could set server variables with .htaccess. In particular was the path to which I had installed my customer management software. Many programs had used its include file, both in the software's directory and outside of it, requiring me to hard-code its path. And, of course, it is good programming practice NOT to hard-code paths.
I was told then that this was impossible. I like to think that I am the first to make a great discovery, but it is likely that the person that told me that was just wrong.
SetEnv cm_path /home/mango/public_html/cm
and in PHP, you simply access the cm_path variable like this:
$_SERVER['cm_path']
