Posted by Chaddy2222 on 09/20/07 16:47

On Sep 21, 2:09 am, Confused but working on it
<PostInGro...@wherever.com> wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I have a reasonably simple site hat I've started to organize a bit
> better. Most everything was in the main directory, same as the index
> file. I use a header and footer PHP include on every page and just
> realized that the links in my header file give a 404 error.
> From the index page I link to /dogs/poodles/poodles.php
> In poodles.php i include:
> <?php include("../../header.php"); ?>
> The ../../ get the header file from the main directory of the site.
>
> So now the hader thinks the other site files are in the poodles
> directory when in reality most are still in the same as index.
>
> My solution is to have multiple header files like:
> <?php include("header.php"); ?>
> <?php include("../header1.php"); ?>
> <?php include("../../header2.php"); ?>
> <?php include("../../../header3.php"); ?>
> and then inside of each header file rework the links. This would work
> and pick how deep the calling file is. But this would be dumb as I
> would have to change 4 header files.
>
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Check out this link:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum88/10358.htm
I hope that helps.
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Regards Chad. http://freewebdesign.awardspace.biz

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