images not showing with require_once

[vinpkl]

hi all

i m having problem with including files and images geting disappear.

i have images folder on the root.
i have hdr.php in my included_files folder on root.

if i include hder.php in my files that are on the root with this code

<?php require_once("included_files/hdr.php");?>
 

then all the images of the header.php are shown perfectly alright.


But

if i include header.php in my files that are inside any folder on the root with this code

<?php require_once("../included_files/hdr.php");?>
 

then all the images of the header.php are not shown. they disappear.


Like i have folder2 on root. and there is file2 inside folder2. Then i used this code

<?php require_once("../included_files/hdr.php");?>
 

to include my header file. but with this code my images of header.php file disappear.


i m not able to understand as we use "../" if the file is inside in any folder on root.

when i view the html source in explorer then i get the same path on both pages whether the page is inside any folder or on root.

<img src="images/home_icon.gif" alt="" width="13" height="12" style="padding-bottom:5px" />
 

thanks
vineet

[dlite922]

image paths do not change with the path of the PHP file you're in.

If you include a header in a php file that's inside a folder then your images in header need to be changed and have ../ added to them.

Header.php file get's pulled into your subdirectories file as if you the code was exactly put there. And of course the img folder is not relative to this subdirectory and therefore it will now show.

If you have the following

index.php
img/
img/foo.jpg
include/
include/header.php
folder1/
folder1/test.php

and you include header.php in test.php the images in header must be relative to test.php (such as src="../img/foo.jpg" )

if you include header in index.php, your images must be relative to index.php.
(such as src="img/foo.jpg" )


HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM:

either correct your relative paths. (copy images to subdirectories) or use the FULL address for the image (ie http://yourdomain.com/img/foo.jpg )

Good luck,





Dan



@vinpkl

[vinpkl]

hi dlite

making my images path change to

<img src="http://localhost/test/images/samsung_logo.gif" width="111" height="50" />
 

works fine and show images on all pages whether page is in any folder or outside on the root.

but with this change first for localtesting i have change all images path to

<img src="http://localhost/test/images/samsung_logo.gif" width="111" height="50" />
 

then again for live server view i have to change the all images path in all pages to

<img src="http://domain.name/images/samsung_logo.gif" width="111" height="50" />
 

is there anything we can put in some variable for images and images can take path from there.

vineet

[dlite922]

yes, define a constant in a config file somewhere that should contain your site-wide variables (Database login, etc)

 
define("BASE_URL","http://domain.com/"); 
 
 

in the images you would do

 
<?php echo "<img src='" . BASE_URL . "' alt='My Image' />"; ?>
 
 

@vinpkl


Dan

[vinpkl]

hi dlite

thanks very much. your code worked great.

now everything is working fine and showing up as i wanted.

vineet

[dlite922]

Glad I helped!

See you around,




Dan