Include Functions Not working

coopera

Hi,

I have got the below code working on my locally hosted server:

<!--  Locations      -->
<div id="locationContainer">
<?php
include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "../headerMenu.php");
?>
</div>
<div id="locationSelection">
&nbsp;</div>

<!--  End Locations  -->

<!--  Navigation     -->
	<?php
	if($_SESSION['logged_in']) 
	{
	 include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "/" .$_SESSION['entity']. "../nav-" .$_SESSION['entityAbr']. ".php");
	 // include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "/australia/nav-Aus.php"); 
	}
	else{
	 ?><div id="navContainer"></div><?php
	}
	 ?>
<!--  End Navigation -->

when i migrate this to my hosting company it does not working anymore, I have tried to change the server to ["//xxxxx.com] but it does not work.

Any ideas would be great.

thanks in advance.

halojoy

include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "../headerMenu.php");

say server doc_root is
/www/stuff/htdocs

and that index.php is in /htdocs/ .... which the doc_root of your site
now this: ../
means the parent directory to index.php (parent directory to doc_root)
which is the /stuff/ directory

could be 2 reasons it is not working:
1. you are not allowed to get any files outside of doc_root
2. there is no file headerMenu.php in /stuff/ directory

if you use this: ./
include( " ./headerMenu.php" );
this means same directory as index.php
and if you put headerMenu.php in same directory as index.php
then it will work

in this second case
./ can be removed, because this would work, just the same
include( "headerMenu.php" );

🙂

coopera

Halojoy,

i have got the header working but the nav is not,

<!--  Navigation     -->
    <?php
    if($_SESSION['logged_in'])
    {
     include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "/" .$_SESSION['entity']. "../nav-" .$_SESSION['entityAbr']. ".php");
     // include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. "/australia/nav-Aus.php");
    }
    else{
     ?><div id="navContainer"></div><?php
    }
     ?>
<!--  End Navigation -->

do you have any ideas with this one?? i would give you the detail for the FTP if you can fix it for me.

regards Coopera

bradgrafelman

Try echo'ing out the path instead of include()'ing it - visually inspect it and see if it makes sense.

If you still can't find the problem, paste the echo'ed out path to us.