Newbie question involving include()

[Little Yoshi]

Hi everyone, I'm relatively new to php and have a question.

Is there a way for a file that is included by include() to get the url (not including the domain name) of the file that is including it? Like domain.com/file1.php includes domain.com/file2.php. Is there a way for file2.php to get the string "/file1.php"? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] would have /file2.php and not /file1.php so I don't know what to do.

[jsladek]

You sure about that?  I'm pretty sure $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] (contained in file2.php) will have file1.php not file2.php

-John

[Little Yoshi]

Yeah, I just tried it so I'm sure.

[kenrbnsn]

How are you including file2.php?

Please show us your script.

Ken

[Little Yoshi]

Here's how I'm doing it:

file1.php:
[code]<?php
include("http://www.mydomainname.com/file2.php");
?>[/code]

file2.php:
[code]<?php
print $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>[/code]

file1.php displays "/file2.php"

[kenrbnsn]

Do not use the full URL to include local files.

In file1.php
[code]<?php
include('file2.php');
?>[/code]

When you use the full URL, you're invoking another instance of the PHP processor that is separate from the original script, so $PHP_SELF is the included file.

Ken