php include

[doddsey_65]

I have 4 files which i include into every file. These are header.php, db.php, sidebar.php and footer.php.

 

It works like a dream, but i have changed the file layout. It used to be htdocs/myaccount.php

and in myaccount.php i would use include('includes/header.php'); which also worked. However now i have moved myaccount.php to myaccount/index.php. What do i need to do to make the includes work? ive tried ../ and ../../ and ./ but none of them work, i keep getting a syntax error(500). Heres my directory list

 

Root

includes          header.php        db.php          sidebar.php          footer.php

myaccount      index.php

[mraza]

you can use global server variable $_SERVER['document_root'] and then add your file location i guess.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to form absolute file system paths -

 

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '\includes\header.php';

[doddsey_65]

Use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to form absolute file system paths -

 

include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '\includes\header.php';

 

i added that line but still nothing, is there something else i need to do?

[kenrbnsn]

Use forward slashes "/" instead of backslashes "\"

 

Ken