[SOLVED] Question about paths for multiple includes

[bpops]

I have a very strange problem. I have a directory structure such as this:

 

/web/

/web/forum/

/web/test/

 

Under '/web/' I have a php file (top.php) that I include in every page that signs people into the forum automatically. To access the forum, though, there's an include in top.php. i.e.

 

<?php
// top.php

include('../forum/forum.php');
?>

 

When I include top.php in a file under '/web' it goes like this:

 

<?php
// index.php

include('top.php');
?>

 

This all works fine. The problem arises when I have a file under '/web/test/.' I include top.php via

 

<?php
// /web/test/index.php

include('../top.php');
?>

 

It grabs top.php just fine, but since IN top.php, the path to the forums is '../forum/' and not '../../forum/', I get an error. Is there an easy way to fix this still using my single top.php file? Are there any root directory commands or something?

[rhodesa]

Try this out:

<?php
// top.php
$include_base = dirname(__FILE__);
include($include_base.'/forum/forum.php');
?>

[bpops]

Thanks for the reply, rhodesa.

 

I tried it and it did not work, but it's my mistake. I realized in my original post, I should have written that the directories are:

 

/web/

/forum/

/web/test/

 

(/forum is not under /web/)

[rhodesa]

well...then decide what you want your base to be. I'm going to make a decision and set the 'include base' to be the root of all this stuff.

 

<?php
// /web/top.php
$include_base = dirname(dirname(__FILE__));
include($include_base.'/forum/forum.php');
?>

 

<?php
// /web/index.php
include('top.php');
?>

 

<?php
// /web/test/index.php
include('../top.php');
?>

[bpops]

Rhodesa,

 

That works beautifully, thank you!!!