Help, trying to import a php scripts using include...

[agent007]

Hey there..

I am having problems... i'm not too much experianced with php.. just starting to learn it.. but i'm messing with PHPNuke Content Management System and i run into problems...

i'm trying to make a simple Guestbook Module (add-on) for PHPNuke... and i do this by including the Guestbook's index.php that also has some "include("example.php");" which are in the Guestbook's directory and NOT the PHPNuke root dir.

some/directory/phpnuke
some/directory/phpnuke/guestbook

and i do this by having a index file with this;

<?
include("header.php"); // this calls the PHPNuke's header
include("guestbook/index.php");
include("footer.php"); // and the PHPNuke's footer which need to be here.
?>

however.. when i try loading the script through PHPNuke, it gives me errors that it can't find example.php (mentioned above) because its looking for the file in

"some/directory/phpnuke"

and not

"some/directory/phpnuke/guestbook"

.....

so my question is.. is there a way to change it so that the "guestbook/index.php" can be loaded and not having it to think that the rest of the files are in the "some/directory/phpnuke"..

thanks so much..

i hope i explained this right ... :S

[rehfeld]

imo the easiest way around this is to stop using relative file paths, use full, absolute paths and youll never have this problem

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/path/to/script.php');

you could also use chdir() to change the current working directory, and then your relative include will work, but i think thats a messy and confusing way to do this.