Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/12/05 18:15

micha wrote:
> suppose i have 3 files:
>
> script.php
> somedir/include.php
> somedir/config.php
>
> 1. script.php includes include.php
> 2. include.php includes config.php, so the structure looks like a cascade
>
> now if i include config.php (without path) from include.php the script
> tries to include from the directory script.php is in, which makes sense but
> is not what i want.
>
> question: how can i find out which dir include.php has been included from?
>
> micha

Micha,

Use the full absolute path to the file

<? include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/somedir/config.php'); ?>

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] gives you the absolute path to the root
directory for your web site. Then just concatenate the path and
filename to the one you want included.



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