Just a little bit of help needed with the include function

[Chris J]

Hi there,

Say I have three files:
test.php
/test53/test.php
/test692/test83/test.php

... and I want to include "test2.php" and "test3.php" which are in the
main directory on each of the above pages ... I can't do <?php
include("header .php");?>
This is a test page!
<?php include("footer .php"); ?>

because the files are not in all of the directories.

How do I include "test2.php" and "test3.php" on each page with no
problems? I've tried

<?php include("www.do main.com/test2.php");?>
This is a test page!
<?php include("www.do main.com/test3.php"); ?>

on all pages.
However this gives errors. Please could someone assist?

Thanks

[Kevin Thorpe]

Re: Just a little bit of help needed with the include function

Chris J wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi there,
>
> Say I have three files:
> test.php
> /test53/test.php
> /test692/test83/test.php
>
> .. and I want to include "test2.php" and "test3.php" which are in the
> main directory on each of the above pages ... I can't do <?php
> include("header .php");?>
> This is a test page!
> <?php include("footer .php"); ?>
>
> because the files are not in all of the directories.
>
> How do I include "test2.php" and "test3.php" on each page with no
> problems? I've tried
>
> <?php include("www.do main.com/test2.php");?>
> This is a test page!
> <?php include("www.do main.com/test3.php"); ?>
>
> on all pages.
> However this gives errors. Please could someone assist?[/color]

include works at the system level. Hence it knows nothing about the URL.

include("$_SERV ER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]/test2.php");

will do what you were trying to do. Alternatively put them in a separate
directory and add that to your include path.