Re: include statement giving me hives! - help

yes, I should have mentioned: $point is defined in the URL string http://something.com/index.html?point=12 "Baroiller Pierre-Emmanuel" <baroiller@daoditu.com> wrote in message news:20030716220011.17511.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > when you call your script, is $point defined somewhere ? > if $point is empty, you'll get an empty string for $links_include and > include $links_include will not work. > > Regards, > P.E. Baroiller > "Dougd" <info@bigfresh.com> a écrit dans le message de > news:20030716203734.44862.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > I am new to all this, but here is the basic code: > > > > $link_titles = file('links/master.txt'); > > $links_include = $link_titles[$point]; // path to directory > > include $links_include; > > > > If I echo the value of $links_include just prior to the include() function > > it contains what I would expect it to contain and the file does exist. But > I > > get an error: > > > > Warning: main(./main/links/topsites.php ) [function.main]: failed to > create > > stream: No such file or directory in ..... on line 23 > > > > Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening './main/links/topsites.php > ' > > for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in .... on line 23 > > > > If I add the line: > > > > $links_include = "path to intended include file"; > > > > just prior to the include statement it works fine. > > > > Am I missing something? I've tried a variety of renditions of the > include() > > statement and can't get it to react unless I 'hard code' the value of > > $links_include. > > > > Appreciate your help!! > > > > -Doug > > > > > > > >