I have been having this problem for a while and so I decided to admit defeat and ask for help.
I want to go include a file that is in a different directory, but I dont know how to include a file like this.

pagesfolder
->index.php ( the file i'm including from )
includefolder
->qwerty.php

I'm trying to include qwerty.php from the index.php file but I'm pretty much confused, but I'm sure you guys are like supercoders at this stuff and will be able to give me help.

If I understand you correctly, it should be as simple as:

include_once('includefolder/qwerty.php');

If includefolder isn't in the same folder as your pagesfolder, you may have to backtrack. E.g.,

include_once('../includefolder/qwerty.php');

I'll often use symbolic links to point to generic folders for an application I'm designing. E.g., images/ or lib/ etc.. to make life easier allowing files to be moved/copied/linked so I don't have to edit each file that is placed in a new location.

Thanks, that did the trick!

I'll just add that if your web server s appache, you have a PHP variable that holds the value to your web site root folder:

PHP Code:

 $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] 


I personally use that one to make my includes:

PHP Code:

 include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/libs/db/wrapper.php"); //And so on...