[SOLVED] Includes path...

[BuckeyeTheDog]

Hello all, 

 

1)  Can I set a subdirectory path for an includes file??    As in, when my main php file is on the root can I "include" my server login file from a subdirectory?  If so, currently I'm not having luck doing it...  Here's a sample...

 

include("/public_html/phptest/AbConnect.php");

in which public_html is my ftp webserver directly, phptest is a subfolder and AbConnect.php is the file with the login info.

 

If I can do this, how do I do it?  Or do I need the included file in the same directory?

 

2)  When/if I have PHP and HTML files in a subdirectory and you want to have an "includes" file, do you just place it in that same subdirectory, or can you/ how would you reference a different subdirectory- or go up the path to the root???

 

 

Thanks for your help...

[tjmbc]

1) Try: include("public_html/phptest/AbConnect.php"); Instead of: include("/public_html/phptest/AbConnect.php")

2) To go up a dirctory use ../    so if you were in the "phptest" directory and wanted to go up to the "public_html" directory you would type ../newDirectory . if you are down two directories from root and want to go back to root simply type "../../newDirectory". You can put include files anywhere, just make sure you call them with the correct path. Use "require" instead of "include" as a way of testing to see if the included file is found. If you use require, the page won't load at all and you'll know that the page you wanted to include wasn't found.

[BuckeyeTheDog]

Thanks, tjmbc.  Your answer worked fine- as a matter of fact, it pointed out that I had a deeper path issue that was the culprit...  It's now fixed and good to go...