header and links

[Anon]

I used the <?php include "../menu/menu.htm"); ?> as header in my documents. However as this header is included in all documents placed in various directories in the hp-structure this creates problems with links and images. How do I solve this if I want to avoid the full url (http://www....)?

[terje-s]

Well, the solution I usually use is to make a function called img() (or similar). I.e.,

$SETUP[imageURL] = 'http://www.host.com/images/';

function img($imgName) {
global $SETUP;
return $SETUP[imageURL] . $imgName;
}

Now i can use this like;

print '<img src="'.img('icon.gif').'">';

Alternately you could ofcourse print from img() instead of return, so an img('icon.gif'); outputs <img src="http://www.host.com/images/icon.gif">, but if you need extra parameters, and include images as backgrounds for tables, body or whatever, this becomes a hazzle (for me anyway).

[lucianoes]

My solution is to keep one single master script in the root folder, which includes several files, which in turn may include several other files each. Thus, any path in any included file will always be established from the standpoint of the master script, i.e., the root folder.

    Luciano ES
    Santos, SP - Brasil