How do i avoid using different includers for different directory levels

newbie69

Hi guys,

I have site that uses a include file for its pages. Recently i had to create a folder with different pages, but had to create the a include file with the same code but specifically for the those files that are in a directory. If i a create another directory in that directory, it means i have to create another include file specifically for files at that level.

Is there a way for me to eliminate this problem. Creating the include files with the same code for different folders is going to become very unmanagable.

Thanks alot.

NogDog

I'm sure there's a way, but I don't have enough information at this point to understand why you need separate include files, or what a potential solution might be.

newbie69

see bbelow

newbie69

Hi Nogdog.

files structure

/ _images

/php_scripts
[INDENT]-getscv_root_level.incl
-getscv_level2.incl[/INDENT]

/newsletters
[INDENT]/august
-index.php[/INDENT]

-index.php
-training_register.php

please note that the include files are the sames except for the way they are point to different direcoty levels.

pages in the root level would refer to getscv_root_level.incl

snippet of code for getscv_root_level.incl:

echo "<td class=\"content bordersolid\">".($Entry[2] == "" ? " " : "<a href=\"".$Entry[4]."\" title=\"".$Entry[2]."\" target=\"\">".$Entry[2]."</a>")."</td>";
$temp = "training_register.php?course=".$Entry[2]."&d=".$Entry['DisplayDate'];
echo "<td class=\"content bordersolid\"><a href=\"".$temp."\" id=\"imglink\" title=\"\">
<img src=\"_images/home_register_button.gif\" border=\"0\"></td>
</a>";

pages in the root level would refer to -getscv_level2.incl
snippet of code for getscv_level2.incl:

echo "<td class=\"content bordersolid\">".($Entry[2] == "" ? " " : "<a href=\"../../".$Entry[4]."\" title=\"".$Entry[2]."\" target=\"\">".$Entry[2]."</a>")."</td>";
$temp = "training_register.php?course=".$Entry[2]."&d=".$Entry['DisplayDate'];
echo "<td class=\"content bordersolid\"><a href=\"../../$temp\" id=\"imglink\" title=\"\">
<img src=\"../../_images/home_register_button.gif\" border=\"0\"></td>
</a>";

I hope this is more decriptive

the only difference between the 2 snippets are "../../"

I ideally i would only like to point to the one file regards of where in the website (be it at root level or nested directories) the calling page is located.

Thanks

bpat1434

Read over at getInstance{} the article "Death to the Dot" by Matt Zandstra. It talks about adding your items includes dir to the PHP include path (by .htaccess or in PHP scripts) so that you can do something like include('file1.php'); and what would be included is something like ../../../../some/weird/includes/file1.php

Also, you could use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] and specify a path from there, or use realpath(../../) to get the directory you need.

It all depends on how your server is set up and how much control you can have in .htaccess and how much time you want to invest in setting something up.

Well, here's the full link to the article Death to the Dote

newbie69

Thanks