include file calling problem

[Anon]

I have a footer for my site and call it in each of my pages on my site. This code works if you go up one directory from the root directory but if you go up two directories it can no longer be called.

<?php
include("copyright.php");
?>

I tried putting a / in front and a ../../ etc. like html but it will not call it unless I move the footer text up into the next directory.

My question is how do you create ONE footer that can be place in ONE folder and be called from ANYWHERE. Such as..

/web/

or

/web/docs/

or /web/docs/anti/b/end/

What's the point if I have to update all these footers when I can use just one. HTML does this.

Thanks.

[Anon]

<?php
include("http://www.mysite.com/copyright.php");
?>

This will call the include file from deeper into the site but I don't understand why this doesn't work as well.

<?php
include("/copyright.php");
?>

[mindschreck]

Justin,

Is your include_path set up in php.ini properly? Try setting it to something like:

include_path = .:/any/other/dir

This way, your include files will be accessible in the current directory by default, and then in any other directories that you want to keep as a central staging area for your include files.

<?php
// Will work from ./ or, if it's not
// there, it will work from
// /any/other/dir
include("copyright.php");
?>

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Jason