Going back 1 direcTory in php hyperlink?

[ali_2kool2002]

Hi can anyone tel me how i can go back a directory from the current code:

say for example in the code below im in localhost but current location in that directory is in a sub directory but i want to refer to a file

back in the localhost? how do i do that? hope that makes sense thnx

 

echo"<ul><li class='style9'><a href='$cat_name'.php'>'$cat_name'</a></li>
      </ul>";

[boo_lolly]

try this:

echo "<ul>\n".
     "<li class=\"style9\"><a href=\"../". $cat_name .".php\">". $cat_name ."</a></li>\n".
     "</ul>\n";