RE: [PHP] Problem with includes

>-----Original Message----- >From: IroNuckles@aol.com [mailto:IroNuckles@aol.com] >Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 6:51 PM >To: php-general@lists.php.net >Subject: [PHP] Problem with includes > > >I'm trying to create a site menu which include()s html files to create a >dynamic menu for each page. I have tried using a simple >include("file.html"); >statement, but when I run the script, the following is printed into the HTML >doc: > >Warning: Unable to access ../file.html in /directory/index.php on line 47 > >Followed by another error: > >Warning: Failed opening '../file.html' for inclusion (include_path='') in >/directory/index.php on line 47 > >Any help or insight would be appreciated. Thanks! > include() and require() are odd. They'll look in the current directory first, then in the .ini's include dirs, and then they'll throw an error. root level1 file_include1 level2 script_php.php4 if you run script_php.php4 from it's own directory, you can use include("../level1/file_include1") If you're in the root, and run ./level2/script_php.php4 and have that same include, it'll hurl saying that it can't find it. It's looking in the directory RELATIVE TO THE EXECUTION DIRECTORY instead of really being relative to the script file. In this example, it's being executed from "root" and therefore it looking in /root/../level1/file_include1 and not looking for the path relative to the executing script file. This is mostly an oddity in You can specify include dirs in you php.ini file, and I'd recommend doing that. Then when you include("file_include1") it'll search in it's "known include directories" and will find it accordingly. As another alternative, use absolute paths and you're find. include("/root/level1/file_include1") will simply always work, until you switch drives under Windows. (C:\ instead of D:\) This is non-existant on Un*x since it's all one big filesystem. This has the advantage of your knowing (as a programmer) EXACTLY what's being included and from where. The other way (ini file) may mask certain problems and make debugging a little more difficult. Peace. -Szii