I think the problem is that the inluder is including a file using a path relative to it's location, but the included is written to include relative to it's location, but php is including relative to the includers location. Gah, It's hard for me to explain.

Here, extract this(attachment) to a local server which supports php. Then visit the page problem1/c/d/d.php

use

PHP Code:

<?php include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/a/b/c/d/filename.php")?>

To reference it as a root relative path.

Thank you very much chrishirst !

Is there anyway to include using a relative path though? If I move files around, I don't want everything to break.

I know I can include relative to the current location via ../, but as you can see, that isn't working with my problem.(reread first post for details on problem).

in other words:
Is there any way the includee can acquire it's location, which isn't effected by the includers location?

AHA!

echo dirname(__FILE__);
will return the directory the include file is located, which won't be effected by the includers location.

That's much better then using an absolute path. Thanks for your reply.

A root relative reference is always in the same place regardless of where the including page is in the site folder hierarchy.

Using the ../ syntax would require an extra ../ to be added for each folder the including page was away from the root.

If you need find the path to the current file you can use use

PHP Code:

<?php echo(str_replace('index.php','',$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])); ?>
// replace index.php with the page name