Include header issue

[acarder488]

I am converting a site from html to php and having some issues with the includes 'header.php'. Warning: include(/header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/********/public_html/index.php on line 1

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/header.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/**/public_html/index.php on line 1
these are the two warnings I get. I have both the index.php and header.php stored in the public_html folder. Just not sure...why I am getting these errors? Do I need to put the full path of /home/**/public_html/ after the include tag?

[NogDog]

"/header.php" in that context indicates a file named "header.php" that is in the root directory of the file system ("/").

I'm guessing what you probably really want is something like:

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/header.php';

[sneakyimp]

Your error message tells you that one of your scripts cannot find a file it's trying to [man]include[man]. You should probably bone up on path references. Understanding them is a fundamental skill in programming. If you don't understand how path references work, you are likely to have a lot of problems in the long run.