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This is required in <a href=\"\/phpeseller\">PHP-eSeller<\/a> to identify the location of the digital files, and it is required in <a href=\"\/phpsecurearea\">PHP-SecureArea<\/a> to define the secure folders.<\/p>\n<p>Download, unzip, and ftp to the location of the folder and then call the file in your browser &#8211; http:\/\/www.example.com\/images\/absolutepath.php<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinweb.com\/downloads\/absolutepath.zip\">Click here to download the file absolutepath.zip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another way of finding the full path name is to log in to the admin pages of <a href=\"\/phpeseller\">PHP-eSeller<\/a> or <a href=\"\/phpsecurearea\">PHP-SecureArea<\/a> and click on the menu item &#8216;PHP Info&#8217; and look for SCRIPT_FILENAME. That will give you the full file name of that file you are looking at. 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