Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/08/06 15:11

TristaSD wrote:
> I'm trying to point to an include file from php like so:
>
> <?php require('/main/includes/nav_stripe.php');?>
>
> That approach is perfectly fine when trying to point to a folder
> INCLUDES inside folder MAIN on the root IN HTML. However, php is
> producing errors.
>
> Is there a solid safe way to reference a file/folder regardless of how
> many levels up or down it is?
>

When you use absolute filenames, PHP references it to the OS's file system root,
not the root directory of your website. So unless you have a file on your
computer called

/main/includes/nav_stripe.php

this will fail.

If you want to be relative to your website's root directory, you need to use:

<?php require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/main/includes/nav_stripe.php'); ?>

or something similar.

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