help with wordpress integration/php

[pooker]

Ok normally on a wordpress there is a sidebar that has a login tab, then when you hit that it takes you to a login page which is in directory ./wordpress/wp-login.php

 

My problem is my login box is a part of my header which is in the theme I am coding so it is in ./wordpress/wp-content/themes/mytheme/header.php

 

I have already succesfully coded the login box into my header, but I have no way to call a page that is in a higher up directory.  I cannot use include(www.mysite.com/etc/etc ) because we are not allowed to call urls like that on the server.  Is there a way to call this properly that will work?  Thankx

[jonsjava]

following your tree structure, add this:

../

to have it go up one level. each level, add that.

so, if the folder you are wanting included is 2 levels up, do this:

include("../../file.php");