Newbie question

[tommmmm]

I have a file structure

mysql_connect
/root
files
/folder
morefiles
andmore
/includes
file.php
moreandmorefiles

I need to include file.php throughout the whole site, file.php also calls mysql_connect. Is there a way I can include file.php in a way similar to

include('http://www....etc')

which is disallowed on my host.

[cahva]

Use absolute path eg:

include('/home/yoursite.com/public_html/file.php');

Also if your files to be included are in your document root(which is the folder that shows via browser) you can use:

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

// If its in includes folder then use
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/includes/file.php');

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[bradgrafelman]

tommmmm wrote:

include('http://www....etc')

which is disallowed on my host.

You do realize that even if they had allow_fopen_url (or whatever that directive's pesky name is) enabled, that still wouldn't work, right?

You can't include the source code of PHP files across an http: connection. Which makes sense; otherwise, you're saying you can open up your browser, type in the URL to any .php page, and somehow view the source of the .php code.