what's the workaround for this problem?

[jrahma]

Hi,

I am trying to include a memberheader.php. I tried this code:

include $_SESSION["domain_name"] . 'includes/connect2db.php';

but got this error:

Warning: include(): http:// wrapper is disabled in the server configuration by allow_url_include=0 in C:\xampp\htdocs\xoompage\includes\memberheader.php on line 5

How can I fix this please?

Thanks,
Jassim

[traq]

Is this file on your server?

If so, then use the filesystem path instead of a URL.

If not, then I would highly recommend not working around it—generally speaking, you're much better off leaving allow_url_include disabled. It can be a significant security risk.

[jrahma]

well, sorry for not giving more details.

I have the following line inside memberheader.php:

include '../includes/connect2db.php';

so calling memberheader.php is not the real issue..

I am calling memberhear.php from files available in different folders so sometimes I am calling it

./include/memberheader.php

and sometimes

../include/memberheader.php

and also:

memberheader.php

so the file is being called without any problem..

However, the problem as you know will occur when calling include '../includes/connect2db.php' because the directory will change.

[bradgrafelman]

Use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to get an absolute file path for the root of the website and build the include path from there.