installing smarty

[nkoronka]

Hi there,

I wonder if anyone can help me. I'm trying to install smarty. The problem I'm having is in choosing the correct path directory for-

 

require('/usr/local/lib/php/Smarty/Smarty.class.php');

 

Granted I am relatively new to coding.

 

I've tried using-

 

<?php echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?>

 

which returns-  /usr/local/apache/htdocs

 

I think the problem is in understanding what my local directory is. In my ftp program, the first folder looks like this

 

firstfolder/

    public_html/  (  < I've installed smarty in this one)

    DO_NOT_UPLOAD_HERE.txt

 

When I run a test file index.php, I get the following error-

 

Warning: require() [function.require]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/local/public_html/lib/php/Smarty/Smarty.class.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/:/usr/lib/php:/tmp) in /home/a4808331/public_html/index.php on line 4

 

What I've put in my index.php file so far which I'm sure is wrong is-

 

require('/usr/local/public_html/lib/php/Smarty/Smarty.class.php');

 

 

If you need more info I'd be happy to supply.

 

Thanks in advance for your help.