include / require / _once

[severndigital]

ok i thought i had this down, but it's not working so apparently not.

I would like to do the following

in my header.php I code

<div align="center">
<img src="../images/masthead.png" alt="mast" width="768" height="80">
</div>

in my index.php

<?php

require_once 'content/header.php';

?>

when I call index.php I only get the alt text for the image. however if I edit the header.php code to make the img link relative to index.php
(i.e.

<img src="images/masthead.png"

)

it works fine.

I was under the impression that require_once essentally ran the script called and displayed the results.

Am i wrong, or could this be a server config issue, or something like that?

thanks in advance.

chris

[Installer]

I was under the impression that require_once essentally ran the script...Am i wrong..

You're wrong. When a local file is included its code is "added to" the calling script at the point of the include call. You can verify this by reading the manual.