Stuart wrote:
> 2009/2/17 PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>>>>> So put it all in one place:
>>>>>
>>>>> <?php
>>>>> include "path.inc";
>>>>> print"<a href=\"$path/dir/file.php\">";
>>>>> ?>
>>>>>
>>>>> Full URLs don't break when users save the pages to disk.
>>>>>
>>>> That would be fine if the pages weren't being crafted in Dreamweaver,
>>>> where inserting links like that is a pain.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> For that you'd have to ask on the Dreamweaver list. I don't really
>>> like those tools.
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> Personally I always include files relative to my current location
> using the following...
>
> include dirname(__FILE__).'/lib/db1.php';
>
Could you clarify, please? I don't understand. And example, perhaps?
my entry in books.php is
<?php include "../header.php";?>
NOTE: Does it matter what
> That way it doesn't matter how INI vars are set up and I don't need to
> fanny around with setting them at runtime.
>
> -Stuart
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