PHP Include Statements

[krooked]

I am using php on a shared server and I am having all kind of problems with include statments. Can anyone please point me in the direction to a good article or tutorial about using include statements and directory paths?? For example, what is the difference between include "./test.php" and include "/test.php"??? I don't have access to the php.ini file, so I can not edit any include paths.

Thanks

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'./' means 'inside the current directory'
'/' means 'in the top-most directory', the root (you cannot do this on a shared server)

[krooked]

Thanks vincent.

Here is one more Q.

So if I have a dir called include_pages in my root dir that I want to keep all of my included file in, such as a db.php. How can I include this in a page that is in my root dir??

include ("include_pages/db.php") ?????

Also, say I have another dir called test that is in my root dir. How can I include db.php (inside include_pages dir) in a page that is stored in the test dir. Do I have to change dir first to the include_pages dir??

I can't find any documentation with includes on a shared server. I really appreciate the help! Thanks!

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"include ("include_pages/db.php") "

correct, BUT:
include works relative to the current directory. so if your script was in the 'myphp' directory, you'd have to do

"include ("../myphp/include_pages/db.php") "

with the '..' to go up one directory, andthen into the include_pages dir.

There is no difference between using include on a shared server and on a 'non-shared' server. All you have to do is give the correct filename, either by giving the entire path from the filesystem's root, or a relative path from the current directory.