Referencing a File or Folder

[TristaSD]

I'm trying to point to an include file from php like so:

<?php require('/main/includes/nav_stripe.php');?>

That approach is perfectly fine when trying to point to a folder
INCLUDES inside folder MAIN on the root IN HTML. However, php is
producing errors.

Is there a solid safe way to reference a file/folder regardless of how
many levels up or down it is?

[bbs]

Do Google search
Check User Contributed Notes in http://tw2.php.net/require

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[Jerry Stuckle]

TristaSD wrote:

I'm trying to point to an include file from php like so:

<?php require('/main/includes/nav_stripe.php');?>

That approach is perfectly fine when trying to point to a folder
INCLUDES inside folder MAIN on the root IN HTML. However, php is
producing errors.

Is there a solid safe way to reference a file/folder regardless of how
many levels up or down it is?

When you use absolute filenames, PHP references it to the OS's file system root,
not the root directory of your website. So unless you have a file on your
computer called

/main/includes/nav_stripe.php

this will fail.

If you want to be relative to your website's root directory, you need to use:

<?php require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/main/includes/nav_stripe.php'); ?>

or something similar.

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[Chuck Anderson]

TristaSD wrote:

I'm trying to point to an include file from php like so:

<?php require('/main/includes/nav_stripe.php');?>

That approach is perfectly fine when trying to point to a folder
INCLUDES inside folder MAIN on the root IN HTML. However, php is
producing errors.

Is there a solid safe way to reference a file/folder regardless of how
many levels up or down it is?

Set the include_path configuration directive to an absolute path (where
you then keep your include files) and then all you need do is include
the filename (with no path).

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Chuck Anderson wrote:

TristaSD wrote:

I'm trying to point to an include file from php like so:

<?php require('/main/includes/nav_stripe.php');?>

That approach is perfectly fine when trying to point to a folder
INCLUDES inside folder MAIN on the root IN HTML. However, php is
producing errors.

Is there a solid safe way to reference a file/folder regardless of how
many levels up or down it is?

Set the include_path configuration directive to an absolute path (where
you then keep your include files) and then all you need do is include
the filename (with no path).

That's great if you have access to the configuration. Most shared hosts don't
allow it. And doing it in .htaccess is less efficient.

This works with any Apache host and doesn't require .htaccess.

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