function abs_pathlink($pop=0)
{
$serversoftware = $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'];
  if (substr($serversoftware,0,6)=="Apache")
  {
    $ptemp = explode("/", GetFileDir($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']));
    //array_shift($ptemp);
    array_pop($ptemp);
    while ($pop > 0)
    {
      array_pop($ptemp);
      $pop--;
    }
    return implode("/", $ptemp)."/";
  }
  else return $_SERVER['APPL_PHYSICAL_PATH'];
}