Relative file links

FeldmanSkitzoid

Hi, I'm trying to have a couple pages include the same file (which is a header, basically), but apparently setting the linked-to file as relative to the site root doesn't work like it does in regular HTML. (ie: a href=/pictures/x.jpg will work no matter what directory the file linking to x.jpg is in). Is there a way to set it up so it works no matter where the file is?

Thanks.

rpanning

Yes, before using the relative path in the include statement or whatever your doing, use the global variable $SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] EX:

include($_SERVER['DOCMENT_ROOT'] . '/relative/path/file.html');

FeldmanSkitzoid

I tried what you suggested there, but it doesn't seem to work. The page is a custom 404 error page, if that makes any difference.

I enter:
<?php include($_SERVER['DOCMENT_ROOT'] . '/layout_2003/page_top.php'); ?>
but it doesn't work.

Works when I go specifically to the file's page (http://www.theinsaneasylum.com/404error.php), but if I enter something random (http://www.theinsaneasylum.com/dfslkj.php) it doesn't work. Actually, if the random file's extension is php, it just shows a white screen, but for anything else, it shows the page without working PHP tags.

This is very odd.