I want to include a .php file, containing a menu bar, in all my pages. Thing is, some of these pages are at different levels: for example, on might be in the root directory, another might be in root/news, another in root/news/2012, and so on. What can I do to make this include always link back to the menu bar file, which is located in my root directory?
Patiodude
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Jump to PostYou could do something like
include('path/to/file/header.php'); //path/to/file being full path name
Jump to Postno you can use
include('http//yourdomain.com/header.php');
Jump to Postok you need to set the absolute path now this depends how you webserv is setup.
add this to you header.php (menu bar file)echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];this will give the full path to header.php file then use this instead of
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glycerine
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You could do something like
include('path/to/file/header.php'); //path/to/file being full path name
Patiodude
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But to make a link always point to a file in the root folder, don't I have to add something along the lines of ../menubar.php or ./menubar.php?
glycerine
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no you can use
include('http//yourdomain.com/header.php');
Patiodude
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I see...
I'm new to PHP. In your second example, is "DOCUMENT_ROOT"supposed to be replaced by the path to the root, or does it just state that the next path is root-relative?
glycerine
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ive removed that for now. Just try the first one and see how you get on.
Patiodude
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I get this:
Warning: include() [function.include]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration
glycerine
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ok you need to set the absolute path now this depends how you webserv is setup.
add this to you header.php (menu bar file)
echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
this will give the full path to header.php file then use this instead of http://www.yourdomain.com
so it should look something like
include('var\www\header.php');
Patiodude
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That seems to work perfectly; however, just before trying this, I tried ./menubar.php, which also worked; although, that's probably not an absolute path. Thanks!
glycerine
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Yes using ./ will work but if you go deeper it started to get messy. eg ../../../../header.php
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