Relative Path

TimMB

Hi,

I want to include a file that is located at:

home/news/news.php

The file that I will be using to include that file is located at

home/templates/hpiforum_blue/site_index.php

What would be the path to get the the news.php file? Serious n00b here so take it slow. 😉

Thanks a lot!

trooper

try

include 'home/news/news.php';

Now that is an absolute include

for your relative you could use

include '../../news/news.php';

HTH

TimMB

Hi trooper,

Thanks for your help.

I tried the relative path and that did not seem to work. I tell you what I'm trying to do.

Basically I have a customised forum (phpB😎 where my site pages are linked to the board, so when theme changes the site theme changes too. I then decided to get a news system (fusion news). This is lcoated at:

root/news/news.php

my forum is at:

root/index.php

my file where the include path is written is in the forum, in the template directory:

root/templates/hpiforum_blue/site_index.php

...this file is just a template file full of html and one php command (the include command) which is for the main file located at:

root/site_index.php

I can get the news to work if I put it straight into the main php file, but I cannot get it to fit in any tables because all that information is in the root/templates/hpiforum_blue/site_index.php

That probaly made NO sense, but I am completey stumped. 🙁

Thanks for your help so far. 🙂

superwormy

include ('/home/news/news.php') is teh CORRECT absolute path. You need that first slash otherwise its relative.

TimMB

Thanks superwormy.

The "home" directory is made up. I'm not sure of my absolute path.

superwormy

Basically, in file paths, ./file.php is a file in the current directory, ../file.php is a file one directory down ( ie file: /home/thing.php is the same as ../thing.php if you're in the /home/folder/ directory ) anything that begins with a / is absolute and you need to specify the entire pathname, and anything else is in the current directory or a folder inside of the current directory.

TimMB

Looking at my ftp, my news.php is located at:

public_html/forums/news/news.php

Would that be my absolute path?

superwormy

Are you on a shared server? More than likely thats not the whole path... but it might be. But /public_html/forums/news/news.php, remember the first slash for it to be absolute.

If you can shell in a *nix prompt, cd to the directory and type 'pwd' to get the directory path...

Or ask your webhost what the absolute path of whatever directory is, I"m sure then can tell you. Is this a *nix or Windows host?

TimMB

I'm not sure how to use Shell.

This is a Unix shared server.

trooper

Doh!

i forgot the first '/' superwormy you are my saviour

😉

superwormy

Is this solved or still having issues?

Did you ask the server admin, he can show you. Ask him for shell access, download Putty and some Linux newbie stuff and start learnin' :-)