[RESOLVED] Directory Question

[Shock_CNOP]

I'm wondering what the easiest way to do this is:

I have two directories on a Unix server with PHP files in them. One of the files which sits in the first directory needs to include a file that sits in the second directory. The directory structure is similar to this:

/www/folder1/
/www/folder2/

My question is how do I include a file from folder two using a file from folder one without using the absolute path of the file such as the following:

include("/www/folder2/file2.php");

The reason I'm asking this question is because I would like these scripts to function on any server, no matter the absolute path the two folders sit in. In HTML this was done with a simple "../". Is there something similar I can do with PHP, and if not, how can it be done with PHP?

[devinemke]

if /www/ is the path to the document root then you could simply do:

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/folder2/file2.php');

[superwormy]

Did you even bother to try the ../ method?

include("../folder2/file2.php");

That said, your best bet might be to actually use the absolute path, sometimes it helps when site structure gets complicated. You can define a constant like this:

define("PATH_INCLUDE", "/the/full/path/to/base/folder/");

Then all of your includes can look like this:
include(PATH_INCLUDE . "/folder1/file1.php");
include(PATH_INCLUDE . "/folder2/file2.php");

And you only need to change that one define to adjust the site's root directory.

[Shock_CNOP]

That answers my question. Thanks, guys!