[RESOLVED] referencing files

[QuizToon]

Hi All

Hoping you can help me here. I want to put a secure file in the directory structure one level below my root folder. How do I reference this file in one of my php files.

eg

<?php require('filename.php');?>

I know this is how i reference the file when it is in the same directory. If this file was in my root directory (public_html) and i created a new folder below the root how do i reference it then.

Hope you follow this.

Thanks in advance

[NogDog]

You could use a relative path:

require 'subdirectory/filename.php';

You could use an absolute path:

require $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/subdirectory/filename.php';

Alternatively, you could add the directory in question to your include_path setting, and then just include the file by its filename.

[QuizToon]

Thanks - just what I wanted