[SOLVED] Includes??

[FirePhoenix]

Is there any rules on includes as far as how you would include a file from a different location or can you even....?

[Demonic]

yes you can only use on the same domain.  but you can use

 

File Get Contents or curl/or sockets to get stuff from other sites.

[wildteen88]

If its a file stored in a remote location (different website) then you can however this will only work if safe_mode is off and allow_url_includes (or allow_url_fopen (depeding on the version of PHP you use) is enabled.

[FirePhoenix]

well actually I was meaning like does it have to be in the same directory as the page thats pulling it or can it be in a different directory...

 

I tried

<?php
include ("config.php");
?>

 

and it works fine with the file in the same directory but it I do this

 

<?php
include ("/admin/config.php");
?>

 

with it in a different directory it wont work

[wildteen88]

I see what you mean now.

 

If you want to include a file that is outside of the directory you are in, say you are in mysite/folder1 and you want to include a file that is mysite/folder2 (different directory) then you will use ../ to go one higher in the directory tree. So to get the file that is in mysite/folder2 you'd use this:

 

<?php
include "../folder2/myfile.php";
?>

 

So to get a file that is out side of folder1 and mysite folders you'd use this instead:

<?php
include "../../myfile.php";
?>

 

So the first ../ is to go out of the folder1 directory then the secound ../ is to go out of the mysite directory.

 

Hope that helps.

 

You can of course use absolute paths as well rather than relative paths (what I just showed you). But relative paths are much shorter and cleaner to use.

[Scriptor]

If you start a path like:

<?php
include('/admin/config.php');
?>

 

It will start by looking for a folder named 'abc' in the root folder. The root folder is the one that hold all of your web files.

[FirePhoenix]

Thank you all you have helped alot