Changing WP_CONTENT_DIR and WP_CONTENT_URL in wp-config.php does not register?

Question

I tried to add this to the end of my wp-config.php

define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/somedir');
define('WP_CONTENT_URL', 'http://example.com/somedir');

however, echo immediately after that shows the old values (with wp-content value). I tried echo because in wp admin I couldn't see the theme from new location, of course.

I have installed wp in example.com/wp subdirectory and site itself is example.com - I copied over .htaccess and index.php over to the root and everything is working fine, I just need to move wp-content into another folder over at root also with a different name.

Answer 1

You have probably added the definitions too late. If in fact you added that "to the end" of wp-config.php then you added it after these lines:

/** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

If so, then those constants are already defined (wp_initial_constants) and you cannot redefine a constant after it is already defined.

Make your edits earlier, before:

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */