Win2000 Includes problem

knipper

OK Folks....

I can't get

<? include("header.htm") ?>

to work. If I use a relative link like

<? include("../includes/header.htm") ?>

it will work.

I have tried editing php.ini to correct the path to the includes directory (which is currently an http accessable area) to no avail.

I have also tried the following:

<?php
$page="header.htm";
include($page);
?>

Can someone give me some suggestions? I am stumped. I'm using php version 4.3.1.

This is my first time trying to use includes on my Win2000 machine. PHP is working properly for some forums, scripts, etc. I am using.

Thanks!

tsinka

Hi,

if you use just include('file.htm') php will search in the directory from where it was called and in the path defined by the parameter in the php.ini. If it doesn't find it then the parameter in php.ini might be wrong. How does it look like in your case ?

DigitalExpl0it

the file header.htm is this in the same directory as the main page?

<?
require("header.htm");

//or

include("header.htm");
?>

the above tells php to include a file of the name "header.htm" thats located in the same directory as main executed page. So if its in a sub directory then yes you will have to use ../SUBDIRECTORY/header.htm

knipper

Arrrggggg.!!! :mad: I got it. I can't believe it. While pasting the lines from php.ini into my post here for you to see, I noticed that the "includes config" line was commented out. :o

As soon as I uncommented it ... it worked as it should.

IDigitalExpl0it, just FYI... I need the includes to be pulled from the includes directory as my structure includes many levels, and several directories deep. In that case you wouldn't want to put the included file into every directory. That defeats the purpose of the includes directory!

Thanks for the input 😃 .... I'm sure I'll be back as more problems crop up!

DigitalExpl0it

correct thats why you put the include file in one spot and then specify were the file is 😃

but looksl ike you got it