On more time with PATHS!

You guys are probably getting tired of reading my emails, but this path/include problem is just never ending. I don't even know how to explain the problem because I don't understand it. I am simply trying to include files that are in the same directory or directory structure, but no matter what I do I get the same damn message that this or that file can't be found - I have tried giving it the exact path, the exact url, and anything else I can think of - but somewhere along the line - some file won't be found. I think the problem is this, but I have no idea how to solve it. If I include a file which also includes other files - then the path structure somehow gets screwed up. How do I keep them straight through multiple includes and directories. I don't know if I am making any sense - but this is my last ditch effrot on this before I move on to some other way of doing this - whether it be java, asp, or whatever. Everyone in here has been great, but I am to the point now where I am just fed up with PHP because of this bloody issue. Thanks C.R.