Including a standard file in all directories

[Guardian-Mage]

I have one layout page that all directories use on my website. How can I make it so that no matter where the file is, the server will always include it. I cannot use direct paths because php will not allow it, and I can't specify the directory for each file. Example.

 

Layout.php includes files/header.php which includes lib/main.lib.

 

in Pages/Path/index.php I include ../../Layout.php. Than Layout.php's includes are all messed up

 

If you can make sense of me, please help

[dough boy]

If your server allows it you can use a .htaccess file to modify the php.ini file to set the include path.

[ted_chou12]

try this:

$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
$parts = explode("/", $page);
$pos = 1;
while (is_int(strpos($parts[$pos], ".php")) != true) {
$path = "$path"."../";
$pos ++;}

Ted

[chronister]

If your pages include your layout page, then include the file in the layout page. I have struggled with this as well.

 

All my pages in every site I build look like this...

 

<?php include('header.php') ?>


SOme Content here


<?php footer() ?>

 

In my include page, I generally have this line

 

include('etc/includes.php')

 

 

This makes all my pages have access to the includes file which contains sitewide functions and other items.

 

Hope this helps ya a little