Simple and Stupid

[steveangelis]

I know this is something stupid but I cannot see what is wrong.  I am trying a simple require for a config file and it cannot find the file even though I KNOW it is there.

 

The file is located here:

root/forums/config.php

 

The file calling it up is here:

root/home/index.php?p=members

 

I should note I am doing a template based website and the members file is located at this but it should not affect it at all:

root/home/modules/members.php

 

Here is my code:

require('../forums/config.php');

 

This should work but no matter what I do it does not and I know the path is correct.  Ideas?

[kpetsche20]

forums/ is not a folder change the code to this

 

require('../config.php');

[steveangelis]

The config file is in the folder called forums as is the site in a folder called home.

In any case that does not work either.  I even tried putting the config file into the same folder as the rest of the site and it had no affect.

[wildteen88]

use

require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/forums/config.php'); 

 

[steveangelis]

Same thing.  It does not work even though I know that the path is correct.

[wildteen88]

So you have:

require('../forums/config.php'); 

 

In members.php which is located in root/home/modules

 

in that case you're path should be ../../forums/config.php

 

../ goes one level higher up the directory tree. The first ../ goes out of the modules/ folder, the second ../ goes out of the home/ folder. However my suggestion should work though.

[steveangelis]

Yes but I am templating it all.  I semi figured it out.  I changed the directory name forums to something else and it works now...