N00b ---- Include Help

artiemus

i get this error:

Warning: Failed opening '/forums/ssi.php?a=active' for inclusion (include_path='.;\apache\htdocs\;\apache\htdocs\phpmyadmin') in c:\apache\htdocs\index.php on line 343

i have tried various paths for the include and each time get this error.. i use phptriad... for testing...

the original php.ini used c:\apache\php\pear for the include path
what is the correct path to use in windows

would it be c:\apache\htdocs (where my lochost is)
and what would be the correct way to inlcude the file...

ne help will be helpfull

suntra

You just can't include a file with a query string.

You have to do something like this :

<?
$a = "active";
include "/forums/ssi.php";
?>

By the way, beginning with a / will tell PHP to go at the root of the current disk... is that you want ?

artiemus

i changed paths to start with c:\dir\dir\ in php ini

when i run the script u given me now..

all i get is blank and errors apear or no include..

are my paths still wrong

for the file to include i have used

c:/apache/htdocs/forums/ssi.php
i used the http with localhost still get blank and no errors

suntra

If you write

include "/forums/ssi.php";

You'll get C:/forum/ssi.php3, I don't think that's what you want...

Suppose your script is in c:/apache/htdocs/, this should work :

include "./forums/ssi.php";

If you are in c:/apache/htdocs/forums/, this should also work :

include "./ssi.php";

Where's the difference with before ? Do you see the point before the first slash ? That point tells PHP to go in directories contained in the current directory.

Now, does it work ?

Ah, yeah, also...

If you write :

include "forums/ssi.php";

You will get c:/dir/dir/forums/ssi.php3 since you set include_path to c:/dir/dir. By the way, if in a script you write a backslash (), don't forget to espace it : \, but I suggest you to do like I do : use slashes /. It works great on Windows (well, for me...) !