Include function

[Anon]

Thanx for the replies guys
Actually i did not want to include remote files but wanted to include files stored on my own server.
The problem is that i want to put up the includes in different files storred at different directory levels.If you could just tell me how to include files stored at the root of my website then that will be enough for me
I use a shared webserver that is many websites are hosted on it
I test code on the windows platform on my pc & then trasfer it to my linux server

[Anon]

just simply specify the full server path to the file. e.g.

include ('/home/sites/www.mySite.com/web/file.inc');

[Anon]

Use paths relative to $DOCUMENT_ROOT.

[Anon]

Please explain the $document_root thing

[Anon]

Sanket,

I have encountered the same problem in many of my sites and have devised a simple scheme (some might say dumb). Setting up an absolute or relative path on the server does me no good as I want to be able to move my site or branches of a site about as I feel. I also test on a local Windows server and usually move to a Unix server, where paths differ. I resolve it like this:

Every page has a level set in the top of the file. $level=0; or nothing indicates root of the site while $level=1; is a subdirectory, $level=2 a sub-subdir and so on.

I a file used by all pages (common.php, header.php or whatever you have already) I compute a variable called $pre, which contains a string 'leading' to the root. This could be "../" for $level==1 or "../../../" for $level==3.
My crude routine looks like this:

switch ($level) {
case 0:
$pre="";
break;
case 1:
$pre="../";
break;
case 2:
$pre="../../";
break;
case 3:
$pre="../../../";
}

It could probably be done much smarter, but this I understand - and it works...

The same common file contains a small function called includefile(), It looks like this:

function includefile($filename)
{
GLOBAL $pre;
include($pre.$filename);
}

I know globals are not always popular, but again - it works. I then use includefile() in stead of include() and give the name of the file relative to the top of my site as a parameter, like
includefile('lib/database.php'); or
includefile('subjects/overview/list.inc');

As long as I remember to give the $level variable the correct value, this works well.

Hope it helps you

Martin

[Anon]

See http://www.php.net/manual/language.variables.predefined.php

Make a page containing the phpinfo() function call, and familiarize yourself with the rich set of variables provided by your Web server.