PHP templating

[Juls]

I'm trying to use php to develop a site based on templates.

I have files that call a header section, a middle section, and a footer section. This works beautifully provided that the file calling the header.php has the same relative path to the images used in the header.php file. If the file does not have the same relative path (eg. the index.php that is one directory higher), the images in the header don't show. Is there a way that I can resolve this path issue so that the images display in all files that call the header.php irrespective of their location relative to the header file?

I hope my question is even vaguely sensible...

Many thanks!

Juls

[laserlight]

I;'m not too sure of your implementation, but a possible method is to set a variable that plays around with .., e.g.
$path_prefix = "../../";

Then use this variable to avoid confusion with paths.

[helz]

I have found that:
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
is a good thing to start with, aslong as the images are kept in the
same place then wherever the file is stored that is calling the images the above should work...

[Juls]

Thanks to laserlight and helz for your replies! I have tried both these solutions and neither seemed to work (maybe I implemented them incorrectly...). I have a file called header.php that calls two images to build a logo. I then include this header.php into main.php. Will the header.php file be built before it is included in main.php? Because if it is calls the images after it is positioned in main.php, then the path to the images in header.php will be incorrect (assuming main.php and header.php are in different directory levels).

I'm sure this is a really simple problem and I'm probably being really stupid - but I'm stuck!

Thanks again