maxudaskin Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I want to include a file from an unknown parent folder then into a folder called include. Here is the hierarchy: PARENT FOLDER - include - constants.php - functions.php - login.php -admin - index.php Ok, admin/index.php needs login.php, but it does not have the root url (defined in constants.php) and it does not know how many folders above the Parent folder there are. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117884-include-file-from-parent-folder/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 to include include/login.php from admin/index.php try this: include('../include/login.php'); Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117884-include-file-from-parent-folder/#findComment-606379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxudaskin Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 But what if the actual hierarchy is: mcdonalds - sandwiches - beef - bigmac - site - index.php - admin - index.php - include - functions.php - constants.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117884-include-file-from-parent-folder/#findComment-606384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Use full paths if it will get really confusing. Just some notes: ./ = Your current directory ../ = One directory lower ../../ = Two directories lower ../../../ = Three directories lower And so on... But I would recommend using the full file path. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/117884-include-file-from-parent-folder/#findComment-606453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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