[RESOLVED] include problem

Renidrag

I have a global.php file that i pull a few common things into and set a few variables, i added my connection page into it conn.php and in the conn.php page i have an include for my database.php object.

now some of the includes are in different sub folders
and they all work fine when called from any file in the root folder but when they are included in pages that are in sub folders i get the error that they can not be found

if i seperate the includes from the global.php page and put them in seperately they work but as i said the includes that are within includes give me errorrs

maybe this is the wrong way to do things, input would be great.

nrg_alpha

For me, I tend to keep all my site's include files in a single 'include folder'... this way, whenever I need to access them, I simply call them up with a simple path that is consistent...

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

NogDog

And of course you could set your include_path to point to that directory.

nrg_alpha

NogDog;10901106 wrote:
And of course you could set your include_path to point to that directory.

Hmmm.. never thought of that.. Now I'll have to have a look-see...

Renidrag

Thanks for the help, I through in the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] and everything works fine in all situations now.

I knew it was the logic in the reference calling "../" and having includes in different folders would cause a problem when called from root and sub folders but everythings is good now - thanks

nrg_alpha;10901104 wrote:
For me, I tend to keep all my site's include files in a single 'include folder'... this way, whenever I need to access them, I simply call them up with a simple path that is consistent...
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/include/somefile.inc.php');

nrg_alpha

Perfect... don't forget to flag this thread as resolved (in the top menu, Thread Tools > Mark Threads Resolved).

neilmasters

Just for referencing, if you didnt use DOC ROOT you could use

./.../includes/blah...

Which drops it down another folder.