Setting $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is Eclipse PHP Neon

Question

This line

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/api/database/databaseCommon.php');

gives the error

PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required '/api/common/RequireCommonStuff.php' (include_path='

I am testing on localhost , using Xampp and can't find the configuration option in Eclipse to set $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to localhost or its path on my harddrive.

Answer 1

Looks like you have undefined document root. You have to follow apache configuration, check your vHost definition.