[svn r21621] FS#2867 - The FCKEditor, the simple file manager: There is a function GetRootPath() for returning the system document root path. In some configurations it might fail. For reducing such a probability, at the first attempt, this function will try to return the desired result using known configuration data from the Dokeos system.

main/inc/lib/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/io.php

@@ -186,6 +186,15 @@ function CreateServerFolder( $folderPath, $lastFolder = null )
 
 function GetRootPath()
 {
+	// First, let the system Dokeos tries to determine the system document root path.
+
+	if (preg_match('@'.api_get_path(REL_PATH).'$@', api_get_path(SYS_PATH))) // Sanity check.
+	{
+		return str_replace('/', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, preg_replace('@'.api_get_path(REL_PATH).'$@', '', api_get_path(SYS_PATH)));
+	}
+
+	// Next, the original algorithm will try alone to determine the system document root path.
+
 	if (!isset($_SERVER)) {
 		global $_SERVER;
 	}
@@ -203,7 +212,7 @@ function GetRootPath()
 	// This can check only that this script isn't run from a virtual dir
 	// But it avoids the problems that arise if it isn't checked
 	if ( $position === false || $position <> strlen( $sRealPath ) - strlen( $sSelfPath ) )
-		SendError( 1, 'Sorry, the physical root path of the file repository can not be resolved (the function GetRootPath() failed).' ) ;
+		SendError( 1, 'Sorry, can\'t map "UserFilesPath" to a physical path. You must set the "UserFilesAbsolutePath" value in "editor/filemanager/connectors/php/config.php".' ) ;
 
 	return substr( $sRealPath, 0, $position ) ;
 }