VanityCrush

You could try including the init.php file in your settings.php file like so: require_once('../../template/header.php'); require_once('../../core/init.php'); And remove the call from the header.php file. Any reason why you're calling the init.php file from header.php? Or you can just have everything in your init.php file (the db connection, functions, and templates) which you can then include in your files. /home /core /init.php /dbcon /connection.php in your init.php file require('dbcon/db_connection.php'); require('../template/header.php'); in your setings.php file include('../../core/init.php');

Try this.. require_once '../../template/header.php'; I don't think you can use the $dir variable here because it will always point to the /members/private/ path, while you need to go back two directories. The code written before works for me, having the same structure as you. But I am including it in an index.php file located in the /home dir so maybe that's why it didn't work for you..

Can't edit my previous answer, sorry for the double post. You could try: settings.php file require_once('template/header.php'); index.php file include('members/private/settings.php'); If you're calling it from the home/ dir With the $dir variable it would look like this: settings.php require_once($dir.'/template/header.php'); index.php file include($dir.'/members/private/settings.php'); You can drop the parenthesis, I just like to put them there.

Can you not just use require_once 'template/header.php'; Also, where is the file calling this located? If it's in home/ it should work