Include messing up style link, and images

Gonwee

I have my root folder, it has the css file and index. Then theres 3 folders, one with a downloads script, an inc folder, and an images folder.

When i include the the header from the inc file on the main index it works right, but when i include the header on the download index.php the images and css don't load becauses it looking in the same directory as the calling file.

Is there anyway to fix this? All i can think of is if i move my main to a subfolder like the downloads, that way it will all use ../ to get to the parent folder.

NogDog

In your included files, just use a full path to the referenced image or stylesheet:

<link rel='stylesheet' href='/include/style.css' type='text/css'>
or
<img src='/images/button.gif' alt='click me'>

(In this example "include" and "images" are both directories directly under your document root directory.)

Gonwee

That would require a second set of files. I'd prefer not to do that.

NogDog

Gonwee wrote:
That would require a second set of files. I'd prefer not to do that.

Hmmm????? Maybe I don't understand the question (wouldn't be the first time).

I'm talking about changing values in the included files to be absolute paths instead of relatvie paths. You would only change the included files, and then they should function regardless of what file does the including.

Gonwee

Is there a way to set a absolute path, that changes based on the server?

NogDog

If you're talking about filesystem absolute paths (such as you would use in an include statement), you can do:

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/somefile.php';