By jniesen on

I have a php script that I'm trying to invoke the drupal bootstrap on so I can use Drupal database functions. As a side note, this
page is rendered via ajax call from a custom module I'm writing called "drm".

The php script is located at modules/drm/tags.php

tags.php/

require_once '../../../../includes/bootstrap.inc';
//drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);
print("GOT HERE");
// query for image tags
$results = db_query("
SELECT
tag_id,tagname,imagewidth,imageheight
FROM
media_tag
ORDER BY
tagname
");
To trouble shooot, I open up http://localhost/sites/all/modules/drm/tags.php in a web browser.
PHP finds the bootstrap include fine and prints "GOT HERE" indicating the path is correct. For example, if I change the bootstrap.inc path, the "GOT HERE" message disappears indicating it cannot find the file.

The path is correct, but the drupal_bootstrap call is not working. When I uncomment out the drupal_bootstrap call, the GOT HERE message disappears. I'm not sure why this call isn't working. Can anyone help.

Thanks

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

Comments

xcf33’s picture

xcf33 commented

Here's the bootstrap call in Pro Drupal Development book

chdir('/path/to/drupal/installation');

include_once(./includes/bootstrap.inc');
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_DATABASE);

I also think that using relative path for the require_once is not the safest idea

Let me know if it helps

jniesen’s picture

jniesen commented

Thanks,

I changed the code to be:

$path='c:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\htdocs"';
chdir($path);

include_once('./includes/bootstrap.inc');

Again, it finds the file, but errors out when trying to bootstrap.

I'll keep you posted as I stumble across stuff.

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented

I'm so glad you asked this question--am hoping someone can provide a better answer, but here's what I do for my AJAX files. I put the .php file in the top level of the drupal tree and use the following lines of code to do the bootstrap:

// Bootstrap
include_once './includes/bootstrap.inc';
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_FULL);

but there must be a better way, since having those files at the top level of Drupal is not the right place for them. But I know this works for us.

ilo’s picture

ilo commented

or you can chdir() to drupal root directory before the include.. Edited: damm late.. have you tried to bootstrap only the database stage?

jniesen’s picture

jniesen commented

Got it working, but had to use relative paths. I will probably play around with this later, but this works for now.

My tags.php file is located at sites/all/modules/drm/tags.php.

The following code can be used to bootstrap the database layer from tags.php:

chdir('../../../../');
include_once('./includes/bootstrap.inc');
drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_DATABASE);