Structure of folders

TheBeginner

Hi,

In my standard start folder I have these files:
- footer.php
- header.php
- several pictures for footer and header
- folder called "music"

In the folder "music" I have one music.php file that have require lines for the header and footer like:

php-code:

require("../header.php");
require("../footer.php");

The problem is that the pictures for the header and the footer are never shown. It seems like the php-generator (or what you call it) is looking for the picture files in the "music" folder, while there are in the root folder.

Is there a better way to solve it??
Please help otherwise I will have to have all php files in the root directory of the website - and that is a lot of files!!

ScubaKing22

Maybe you could try using include(); i'm not exactly sure if there's a big difference, but it's worth a try.

TheBeginner

It doesn't work either. include() is almost the same command, so the php still looks in the wrong folder for the pictures.

How do you all build websites, but have the different files in different folders?

scoppc

The source of the image should be referenced to the root directory. Umm... I assume that your code look like this:

<img src="picture.jpg">

so, change it to:

<img src="../picture.jpg">

zzz

I wound that for me it works best when I reference images even in the files that reside at the root level with /

Say you have the file header.php at the root:

/header.php

and your images

/img/headimg.gif

Instead of calling this image from your header.php as:

That way even if you include your header from elsewhere it'll still be able to grab that image.

I think that's the easiest way to do it...

mystrymaster

reference them from root however depending on your host your root web directory might not be the base directory for php

zzz

True.