$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] returns null or blank

[akshaygvyas]

Hi,

I am trying to include some php files in one of my php page. It errors out saying:

Warning: include(/apps1/includes/getINIParamVal.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\inetpub\vhosts\aadityatech.in\httpdocs\apps\apps1\index.php on line 9
 
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/apps1/includes/getINIParamVal.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;./includes;./pear') in D:\inetpub\vhosts\aadityatech.in\httpdocs\apps\apps1\index.php on line 9
 

I checked twice, and found that my getINIParamVal.php in D:\inetpub\vhosts\aadityatech.in\httpdocs\apps\app s1\includes.

I suspect that $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] variable returns the null value. I have included the file with following line:

include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/app1/includes/" . "getINIParamVal.php");
 

My document root in apache is:
D:\inetpub\vhosts\aadityatech.in\httpdocs\apps

Please help. I would highly appreciate.

Thanks,
Akshay

[Chris T]

at first look there's a mistake where you write /app1 in your include. There should be /apps1 , right ?