# Webroot problem in cakephp 3

**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/webroot-problem-in-cakephp-3/3552
**Category:** Need Help
**Created:** [November 22, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/webroot-problem-in-cakephp-3/3552 "2017-11-22T05:38:45Z")
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### Author: ![mohsnsfrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@mohsnsfrz](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/mohsnsfrz)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/webroot-problem-in-cakephp-3/3552/1 "2017-11-22T05:38:45Z")

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Hi  
i would appreciate if anyone could help me

i placed my ckaephp 3 app on a shared host and i have problem.  
href="\<?php echo $this-\>webroot; ?\> is not working

what can i do?

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### Author: ![Diego](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/diego/32/296_2.png) [@Diego](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Diego)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/webroot-problem-in-cakephp-3/3552/2 "2017-11-22T11:03:06Z")

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[https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/request-response.html#path-information](https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/controllers/request-response.html#path-information)

`$request->getAttribute('webroot');`

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### Author: ![gildonei](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/gildonei/32/844_2.png) [@gildonei](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/gildonei)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/webroot-problem-in-cakephp-3/3552/3 "2017-11-22T12:28:22Z")

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You can use WWW\_ROOT constant