Topic awaiting preservation: DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR HELP!

My code is as follows
1. Define the directory separator as DS constant

defined('DS') ? null : define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

2. then i use this method on the photographs class

public function image_path(){
		return 	$this->upload_dir.DS.$this->filename;
	}

i have a protected attribute for my photograph class this is called:

protected $upload_dir = "images";

3. i loop through the pictures and attributes in this table

<table class="bordered">
    	<tr>
        	<th>Image</th>
            <th>Filename</th>
            <th>Caption</th>
            <th>Size</th>
            <th>Type</th>
		</tr>
    <?php echo DS ?>
	<?php foreach($photos as $photo): ?>
    	<tr>
        	<td><img src="../<?php echo $photo->image_path(); ?>" width="100" /></td>
            <td><?php echo $photo->filename; ?></td>
            <td><?php echo $photo->caption; ?></td>
            <td><?php echo $photo->size; ?></td>
            <td><?php echo $photo->type; ?></td>
		</tr>
	<?php endforeach; ?>
    </table>

but the picture file link is broken and give me this in the source code for the picture location

<img src="../images\oday.png" width="100" />

im guess that the DS is not giving me the right directory separator what am i doing wrong please help. Thank you in advanc

perhaps relevant: http://old.alanhogan.com/tips/php/directory-separator-not-necessary

Thank you DL-44

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Hustluz said:

Thank you DL-44

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What did you do, mate? I'm struggling with the same code presented by Kevin you know. In my case photos simply did not appear in the table sells. No errors I've recieved. Wicked...

oh sorry i didnt put it.. i have a mac now so the code works just fine.. but i just defined the directory separator like this

define('DS', "/")

i forget if it was the forward slash or backslash but one of them work.. i know its not the ideal way but it works just fine and gets the job done. and later if we do fine out what is wrong its a quick fix to just change it to whatever works for both cases.