PHP action form is not working. root of the action form shows 404 even when the file is there

Question

It worked perfectly when the same .PHP files (the one with the form and the action one) were inside the some folder. But for security reasons I need the 'action' file outside the folder with another path.

I'm writing the code correctly (I guess):

action="../connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"

It doesn't make sense to me, it's clearly that I'm missing something. But I don't know what.

And the connect.php file to link the MYSQL DB is working perfectly, and it's also inside the same 'connect' folder. I'm using:

       include '../connect/lib/connect.php';

That made clear that the 'connect' folder is just one above the 'public' one. But for some reason isn't working with the action form.

This is what I tried and didn't worked:

 action="/connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"
 action="../connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"
 action="../../connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"
 action="../../../connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"
 action="connect/dashboard/admin/register_dw_user.php"

Any idea? PLEASE! I need Help!

But in this case what would be the absolute pathes.. is not the: ../../ making it absolute path? — Eduardo Aguirre, Apr 09 '21 at 07:38
For files (include) use __DIR__ constant like `include __DIR__ . '/../../some/path'; `. Background: relative pathes are relative to the current working directory, which can be different from the directory in which the actual script resides. — Honk der Hase, Apr 09 '21 at 07:41
@imposterSyndrome yes : RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / ErrorDocument 404 /404.php — Eduardo Aguirre, Apr 09 '21 at 07:41
You might want to consider using [\_\_DIR\_\_](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32537477/how-to-use-dir) — Remy, Apr 09 '21 at 07:43
@Remy but how can i use the __DIR__ as an action in a html form? — Eduardo Aguirre, Apr 09 '21 at 07:51
@LarsStegelitz Ok, thank you! I have a better point of this. But how can I use the DIR as an action in a html form? — Eduardo Aguirre, Apr 09 '21 at 07:52
Relative URL are relative to the base URL (please search this term on the internet and read it there) — Honk der Hase, Apr 09 '21 at 08:12

Kevin Gales · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-09T23:26:15.427

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You should always use absolute paths especially when you're accessing files from different folders

For offline usage This is if you are not even trying to render php,just testing if the submit button calls the right file

For example say your form.htm is located at [Drive]/myname/admin/data/form.htm
and your processor.php is at [SameDrive]/myname/admin/data/anotherdata/processor.php

to call that php file from htm you set your action to action="/myname/admin/data/anotherdata/processor.php"

For localhost or server[if you are on server] usually the path is either "www/" or "www/root/"

say your form.htm is located at www/root/admin/data/form.htm
and your processor.php is at www/root/admin/data/anotherdata/processor.php

you can now use action="/admin/data/anotherdata/processor.php"

Alternatively

You could add url before the path like:

action="https://myurl.com/admin/data/anotherdata/processor.php"

edited Apr 09 '21 at 23:26

answered Apr 09 '21 at 11:04

Kevin Gales

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I tried but it didn't worked..I don't know what im doing wrong.. – Eduardo Aguirre Apr 09 '21 at 20:48
The path can be found in properties check there....also why not move the files to the same folder so you don't have to worry about the path – Kevin Gales Apr 09 '21 at 23:07
Perhaps try adding the URL before the path – Kevin Gales Apr 09 '21 at 23:24

PHP action form is not working. root of the action form shows 404 even when the file is there

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