Php Includes...

[boxfire]

I'm finding for these to load correctly, I need to include public_html at the front end of the url that the include grabs, otherwise it can't find the file. Is there a way to get around that?

 

Justin

[taznumber1]

You should not have to put public_html at the front of your include file statement as long as it is in the same directory. The only time that I put that is if I am a few directories deep and I want to include a file that is in the root directory.

[boxfire]

I think I got if figured out. Thanks!

 

Justin

[TCH-Don]

From the php tutorial section of this forum I found

 

<?php

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/inc/header.php";

?>

 

to make your includes find the the path from the root folder.

 

 

This way I am sure no matter where the page is located,

the path is right.

[surefire]

You beat me to it, Don. Great job.

 

The other method that I've seen work is to define the root or the path like so

 

define ('PATH', '/this/path/file/dir/');

 

And then you can include it like

 

include PATH . "header_file.php";

 

I did this from memory and didn't test it out. But look up 'define' at www.php.net if you are interested in using it.