[TYPO3-dev] getIndpEnv('TYPO3_DOCUMENT_ROOT') problems when using mod_rewrite in httpd.conf (Apache)

[Martin Kutschker]

Did I break my httpd.conf or are here only true believers of .htacess?

I usually disable .htaccess in Apache and would like to stick to that 
principle.

Martin Kutschker schrieb:
> Hi!
> 
> getIndpEnv() tries to determine the DOCUMENT_ROOT from SCRIPT_FILENAME 
> and SCRIPT_NAME. This works in .htacess like this:
> 
> URL: http://host/base/abc/def
> 
> SCRIPT_NAME /URL_base/index.php
> SCRIPT_FILENAME /file/system/base/index.php
> 
> But in httpd.conf the situation is like this:
> 
> SCRIPT_FILENAME    /file/system/base/index.php
> SCRIPT_NAME /URL_base/abc/def
> 
> Now SCRIPT_NAME shows the real URL, and only SCRIPT_FILENAME reflects 
> the file system path.
> 
> The result is a broken TYPO3_DOCUMENT_ROOT. It simpyl is empty because 
> both  variable has have no "common end".
> 
> The code in getIndpDev has this note that some webserver configs "will 
> deliver a 'wrong' DOCUMENT_ROOT (according to our description)". But it 
> doesn't tell what "our description" is. DOCUMENT_ROOT is in both 
> versions correct. That is it simply shows the configured DOCUMENT_ROOT 
> of the webserver.
> 
> Perhaps the function can be modified to use DOCUMENT_ROOT as a fallback 
> if its normal operation results in an empty string.
> 
> Masi