include statement path ....

redgorilla

Hi,

I am struggling to figure out how to use the include statement to identify a path to a certain file. E.g.:

include("/dirA/dirB/dirC/file.php");

How do I get file.php to show up in the above line rather than have to do something creative to get it to work, something along the lines of:

include("file.php");

I appreciate any help!

seby

it depends on where the file.php is and how far deep is the file you are including. for example, if file.php is in the web root and you are including it in /directory/file.php then you could do:

include("../file.php");

.. and it would include it. if the page that has the include is deeper into another directory then just add another ../ example.

include("../../file.php");

hope that makes sense.

redgorilla

Ya, what you said makes total sense, but what I'm after is not a relative way of setting up the path; rather, a absolute way. Is it possible?

seby

not really, if its phpinclude then there must be some kind of path .. here's another example.

if the file that has an include is in /directory/file.php then you could do:

<?php
chdir("../");
include("header.php");

echo "my content";

include("footer.php")
?>

if there are more includes pointing to the same directory then chdir(); works great so you don't have to keep doing /path/to/file/

however, if you have other include to other directories then it can get a bit more complicated. as you will have to put more chdir(); so it changes to the directory that you want.

either way, you will need some kind of path. i always do ../../../file.php when including.

redgorilla

Ya, I have a bunch of different files in various directories calling an include. I was hoping to figure out a way, something like with html, where I could do an absolute include path link like:

ahundiak

I have not tried it but you might be able to to use the ini_set function to make / be an include directory.

ini_set("include_path","/");

sks1024

use

readfile("http://www.something.com/path");