include won't work for some reason

[robertcode]

Hey all, I'm trying to get this include to work but I can't for some
reason. Each file I'm trying to include is named articles.php, but the
directories are different. So I set up the link to my include.php file
like this

<a href="include.php?directory='.$articlename.'">'.$a rticletitle.'</a>

and on the reciving end

<?php include '/'.$_GET["directory"].'/articles.php'; ?>

The rest of the page comes up, but the incuded part is nowhere to be
found.

I'd appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Thanks,
RC.

[robertcode]

Forgot to mention, the hyperlink is in php, and when I change include
to echo it comes out as it should:

/content/articles.php

[Pedro Graca]

ro********@gmail.com wrote:

<?php include '/'.$_GET["directory"].'/articles.php'; ?>

The include file is fetched from the file system.
You are trying to fetch /<QUERYSTRING_DIRECTORY>/articles.php
----------------------- ^

You can either omit the '/' (and make sure the QUERYSTRING_DIRECTORY
exists as a subdirectory of the one the script is running from) or
specify the full path to the articles.php script(s).

<?php
$article_dir = $_GET['directory'];

### You will need to write the `directory_is_valid()` function :)
if (directory_is_valid($article_dir)) {
include 'C:/Apache/htdocs/' . $_GET["directory"] . '/articles.php';
} else {
### For simplicity sake, just exit with an error message
exit('Invalid directory.');
}
?>

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[Jerry Stuckle]

ro********@gmail.com wrote:

Hey all, I'm trying to get this include to work but I can't for some
reason. Each file I'm trying to include is named articles.php, but the
directories are different. So I set up the link to my include.php file
like this

<a href="include.php?directory='.$articlename.'">'.$a rticletitle.'</a>

and on the reciving end

<?php include '/'.$_GET["directory"].'/articles.php'; ?>

The rest of the page comes up, but the incuded part is nowhere to be
found.

I'd appreciate any help anyone could offer.

Thanks,
RC.

What exactly does $articlename contain?

Also, the way you're accessing it is relative to the root of the file
system. If you want it relative to the root of the webserver, you need
to use:

<?php include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .
'/'.$_GET["directory"].'/articles.php'; ?>
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[Gordon Burditt]

>Hey all, I'm trying to get this include to work but I can't for some

>reason. Each file I'm trying to include is named articles.php, but the
directories are different. So I set up the link to my include.php file
like this

<a href="include.php?directory='.$articlename.'">'.$a rticletitle.'</a>

and on the reciving end

<?php include '/'.$_GET["directory"].'/articles.php'; ?>

Using include on a variable file name with unchecked user-supplied
pieces is very dangerous, especially if it is possible for a user to
put any files on the system in question or if the filename can be
made remote. It's a great way to inject viruses.