RE: [PHP] the curse of the period

> The directory and file name: > museum/trees/admin/upload2.php > > The directory I want to store the uploaded file is: > museum/landmark/photos/ I've found that if you need more control over directory paths than something fairly simple then you're often best off just declaring a set of full paths and using them. For example, I often use a config.php to setup database connections and the like. If I know I'm going to need to access files in different directories from different parts of a site I'll usually add something like: $server_root = "/home/www/some/web/site"; $web_root = "http://www.some.server"; Then if you need to do an include somewhere you can be sure that something like this: Include("$server_root/museum/trees/someinclude.php"); Will work. Equally, referring to a default images directory can be reliable also by using $web_root. CYA, Dave