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Nematode128

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How do you include files from a higher up directory?

I'm currently working on a file in public_html/Directory/otherdirectory and want to  include a config file that's in public_html/Directory so how would I include public_html/Directory/config.php in the public_html_Directory/otherdirectory/index.php file? I've tried using ../ and ../Directory/ in the includes line but got errors both times

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Sometimes PHP does unexpected things when you give it relative paths. To be absolutely sure you have it right, construct an absolute path using __DIR__ or the DOCUMENT_ROOT.

include __DIR__ . "/../config.php";
include $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/Directory/config.php";

 

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