include() or require()

[AliceG]

Is there any possibility to include a file with absolute path?

I'm working with Win2000 and IIS as intranet and I have a site there, for example "test". This site have an alias (virtual folder) within called "docs". Im trying to include in one php-file in test another file from the file in the virtual folder docs.

include("docs/xxx.php") dosn't work, so I thought maybe I've should use absoute path
include(http://test/docs/xxx.php) dosn't work either.

Any ideas?

Thanx
Alice

[theeper]

Try an absolute filesystem path like C:\docs\myfile.php

Also, if you are on Windows, shouldn't your relative paths be ...

docs\xxx.php

instead of ...

docs/xxx.php

[jerdo]

On Windows, you can use either slash on web based things such as Apache and PHP. The program parsing the file (Apache or PHP) can translate between the forward slash and backslash.