mkosmosports Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I want to use the include function on a file thats in the top-level directory of my site. I call on that from many sub-level directories, so whats the syntax to always call on that file, which is in the top-level directory? Ive tried: include ("../dbconnect.php");, include ("/dbconnect.php"); Doesnt work... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_chou12 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 can you roughly list out the postitions? like: test.php//root test/test.php//subdirectory. something like this will help Ted Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/#findComment-176134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkosmosports Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Well, dbconnect.php is in the root folder of the site. I then have another file in rootfolder/maincontent that needs to include dbconnect.php. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/#findComment-176139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_chou12 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 if both of them doesnt work, have you tried "http://domain.com/dbconnect.php"? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/#findComment-176144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkosmosports Posted February 3, 2007 Author Share Posted February 3, 2007 Yeah, that works. Thanks Ted Chou. I did have to enable URL file-access in the server configuration. After reading up on php.net, turns out php doesnt handle including files from other directories very well. A user posted this question there: "Why are the included files not looked up relative from the file that includes them and then in the include path? This would be a behavior like in all other languages." Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/#findComment-176148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted_chou12 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 I dont know actually, i always preform trail and error when there are errors. Ted Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/36923-silly-question/#findComment-176150 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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