Re: Full versus relative URLs

2009/2/17 PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>: > Stuart wrote: >> 2009/2/17 PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>: >> >>> Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> >>>>>> So put it all in one place: >>>>>> >>>>>> <?php >>>>>> include "path.inc"; >>>>>> print"<a href=\"$path/dir/file.php\">"; >>>>>> ?> >>>>>> >>>>>> Full URLs don't break when users save the pages to disk. >>>>>> >>>>> That would be fine if the pages weren't being crafted in Dreamweaver, >>>>> where inserting links like that is a pain. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> For that you'd have to ask on the Dreamweaver list. I don't really >>>> like those tools. >>>> >>>> >>> I hope I'm not out of place here, but I have a problem that seems to be >>> related. >>> I am using some include statements for page headers with the pages in >>> various directories on the site. The problem is this... if I put >>> relative statements in the page (header.php) like ../images/file.jpg and >>> ../file.php etc, if the page into which I include header.php is not in >>> the top level directory, the links do not work and I have to copy >>> header.php to header1.php and change the references to /images otherwise >>> images are not displayed and links to not work in href. >>> >>> e.g.: >>> 1. top level file books.php >>> include ("lib/db1.php"); // Connect to database >>> include ("header1.php"); >>> >>> 2. subdirectory: /authors/a.php >>> include "../header.php"; >>> >>> I thought that using referencing the top level of the directory tree >>> (../) would work form anywhere within the tree? >>> Am I the victim of my own misconceptions here? >>> TIA to set me straight. >>> >> >> Personally I always include files relative to my current location >> using the following... >> >> include dirname(__FILE__).'/lib/db1.php'; >> > Could you clarify, please? I don't understand. And example, perhaps? > my entry in books.php is > <?php include "../header.php";?> > NOTE: Does it matter what <?php include dirname(__FILE__)."/../header.php"; ?> Simple as! -Stuart -- http://stut.net/