include() help

[LemonInflux]

I have an index.php page. It includes /folder/page.php. In page.php, it includes functions.php. However, to include it in index.php, I have to put /folder/functions.php, not just functions.php. Is there a way that if I include my file, all the include paths on the included file stay the same?

[pocobueno1388]

Put all the files in the same directory

[LemonInflux]

I can't.

[LemonInflux]

Let me explain a bit more. I'm creating a forum that can be integrated. The way I'm doing this, is creating it so that you can have one include, and the rest is sorted in the backend. The only problem is, this could be included anywhere on the site, in subfolders or whatever. So, I couldn't have them all in the same folder.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Form an absolute file system path using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] -

 

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "\path_to_file\your_include_file.php");

[LemonInflux]

but I won't know the path. That's the thing. They include it. That's the only time. I don't know if it's in a folder called forum/ or i/like/stuff/

[tippy_102]

You could do something like this:

<?php
$site_root = "../"; 
include $site_root."folder/page.php"; 
?>

[LemonInflux]

is that the only way to do it? :/