PJ wrote:
I hope I'm not out of place here, but I have a problem that seems to be
related.
I am using some include statements for page headers with the pages in
various directories on the site. The problem is this... if I put
relative statements in the page (header.php) like ../images/file.jpg and
../file.php etc, if the page into which I include header.php is not in
the top level directory, the links do not work and I have to copy
header.php to header1.php and change the references to /images otherwise
images are not displayed and links to not work in href.
e.g.:
1. top level file books.php
include ("lib/db1.php"); // Connect to database
include ("header1.php");
2. subdirectory: /authors/a.php
include "../header.php";
I thought that using referencing the top level of the directory tree
(../) would work form anywhere within the tree?
Am I the victim of my own misconceptions here?
TIA to set me straight.
Easy to solve.
ini_set("include_path",
"/srv/domain/phpinclude:/srv/domain/record_include:/srv/domain/process_include");
Then just call it without path - IE
include('foo.inc');
php will first look for foo.inc in /srv/domain/phpinclude, then in
/srv/domain/record_include, etc.
make directories for your includes, preferably outside the web root, and
define your include path at the top of your script.
I personally don't like to have . as part of my include path, and
relative include paths (id somedir/foo.inc) are IMHO an even worse practice.
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