PHP root urling..

daf_cr

hmm, ive looked hard and read all my books (all 7 of them) and it says nothing about php rooting, ie: i want to include a file which is one folder back, in html it wud be represented as ./<file> but php doesnt support this! is there another way so that i can include a file from a folder below?

include ("./fake/file.php") doesnt work and i have the same problem for
header ("Location: ./fake/file.php")

Can anyone enlighten me on a way around this or the right code?

cheers in advance, 🙂

Daf.

daf_cr

ok.. i r an arse, its 2 periods not the one, sorry to bother y'all with my noobism :rolleyes:

Daf.

racing_fire

Hey,

First of all, for the include, you are just stating that you are looking for "fake/file.php" in the current directory. So try using:

include "../fake/file.php";
#         ^  Two periods.

Now, about the "Location" header:

header("Location: ".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']."/fake/file.php");

This may not work for you, but this will just locate "fake/file.php" off of your server root. So, $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] = www.myserver.com.

I hope this helps! 🙂

LOL, okay, no problem. But that also works for the location header?

Moonglobe

it does but just for backwards compatibility. HTTP/1.1 says you need the protocol, the host, and the path like in your example.

daf_cr

heheh, thanks anyway, dont get me wrong im not a n00b, ive been doing this for years.. but there is always one thing that you forget once in a while 😛

ive only just got into php, (started about 3 months ago) and my first php/mysql driven site is almost ready, i wud give you a preview but i have it on local and i dont really wana give out my ip to y'all 😛

Daf.