relative path in include()

[MasterKaos]

This is very strange. I can't seem to access the parent directory using a simple ../ in my include file:

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<?
if (! isset($state))
$state="vic";

if (! isset($page))
$page="latest";

$file="../" . $page . ".php?state=" . $state;
include($file);
?>

<a href="<? echo $file; ?>">This makes no sense</a>
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output is:

Warning: main(../latest.php?state=vic): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/unique/public_html/inprogres_ s/vtc/vic/index.php on line 9

Warning: main(../latest.php?state=vic): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/unique/public_html/inprogres_ s/vtc/vic/index.php on line 9

Warning: main(): Failed opening '../latest.php?state=vic' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr /local/lib/php') in /home/unique/public_html/inprogres s/vtc/vic/index.php on line 9

But the link underneath that uses the exact same string in a HTML <a href=""> works fine. Do i have to set the include_path variable, just to reference a file in the parent directory? What's the simplest way of including a file from the parent directory?

[PurpleMonkey]

Your including arguments in the url, which although is fine to do, you have already set the values of variables locally, so try to just include file.php not file.php?var=value. Hope this helps.

[MasterKaos]

Of Course! I knew it was something obvious, thanx!!