Re: The Include Eludes

Lawrence.Sheed@dfait-maeci.gc.ca wrote: > > Have you tried using $DOCUMENT_ROOT to get the root directory of your web > pages. > > eg > > if your files are in > > /inc/somefile.php (from a web browser), then the php could be: > > include $DOCUMENT_ROOT . "inc/somefile.php"; > > I use that quite often for my require/includes. > > I can give you some help if you need it. > > Cheers, > > Lawrence. > I need to be able to use the includes from user directories as this is how I develop the websites, I generally don't use the webservers document root as I can not easily ftp files straight to it as it is user:group nobody and I am writing the scripts from a windows box, which would mean I would have to ftp the files to a users home dir then su to root and move the files into the webservers document tree, which is a real pain. Geez its time to knock off, I'll try and sort this out tommorrow as I really need to understand why this isn't working. Thanks for your help, mutch appreciated :-) Regards, Joseph