Date: 03/28/06 (WebDesign)    Keywords: php, mysql, database, sql, web, linux, hosting

okay, so now that i've been picking all your brains, reading all these books, and checking out all these tutorials, last night i finally said to myself, "self, i need a god damn website."

fast forward a few hours and now i registered a site and have some hosting thanks to godaddy. i have linux hosting because it said that's what is needed for php (correct?), but when I try to load my test page (which includes a .inc file), i get:

Warning: main(/include/header.inc): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/blahblahblah/1index.php on line 1

now i tried to see if the file is where i put it (website.com/include/header.inc) but, for some reason, it loads as text. meanwhile, when i try to view a .inc file online from the site i've been maintaining for work, it asks if i want to download it. this gives me the impression that it's uploading wrong, which confuses me since i'm using Fetch both times without tweaking any settings.

is this a case of me just trying to jump the gun and it's possible that while the ftp stuff is up and running, some other "stuff" needs to finish getting installed by them? also, it says i can have up to 15 (or 10, i forget) MySQL databases, yet damned if i know what i'll be needing them for. is that needed for include files to work, or is that for other stuff i may need?

tried checking out tutorials but none really answer these kinds of questions, and i want to get a vague idea of what i should be asking godaddy customer support before i just sound like i'm trying to rush things too fast.

edit: okay, now i'm confused. if i reference "/images/image.gif", so root-relative linking works in that case. yet, root-relative linking DOESN'T work for the include file. things work fine if i just make it a link (ie: include/header.inc as opposed to /include/header.inc). pretty obnoxious... how can i fix this?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/webdesign/1086868.html