Re: Here is a silly question

Mace Eliason wrote:

Hi, This is come thing that I have struggled with now and again. I usaually us php code to make it work, but was wondering how others deal with this I use includes in most of the web applications that I work on to include the header, footer, menu etc. The problem that I always run into as a project gets bigger is my links to pages. If all the files are in the root directory theres no problem. If I have some files in a folder and call my menu for example <? include("../menu.php"); ?> I have to call if from the parent directory. But then of course all the links are wrong. Root becomes the calling directory. I usually use a php variable to place the ../ if its needed. How does everyone else deal with this type of problem. I have a times places an extra copy of the footer, menu, header etc in each directory but it is a pain to change links when you have multiple locations to do it in. Thanks for any suggestions. I would be nice to have a simple way to have my include files in a common place that works and keeps the links right. Scandog

I didn't see anybody else mention this, so: $mydir = dirname(__FILE__); include($mydir . '/../nav/menu.php'); works every time and you don't have to rely on document_root being set properly etc. -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/