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John smith3
John smith3

Reputation: 149

PHP - Redirecting and including files from different directories

So lets say I have this given directory

public_html

index.php

Now lets say I want to include page2.php inside page1.php i do this:

include "/home/page2.php";

But it doesn't work, the / is supposed to be the root directory (public_html).

or I want to redirect from reg.php to index.php

"/index.php" doesnt work.

Note: this is all on a hosting server.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 756

Answers (3)

brandonscript
brandonscript

Reputation: 72865

/ is not the site root directory, it is the root directory of your OS's filesystem.

You can use a relative path modifier like so: ../../yourincludefile.php to navigate upwards through the filesystem

Or you can use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to call the full path from the OS. DOCUMENT_ROOT will offer you more consistent results and lets you include the same file no matter where in the directory hierarchy you're working.

For example, if you have includes/functions.php, you can use this anywhere, on any script and it will always include the correct file path:

include_once($_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT] . "/includes/functions.php");

or using the reference inside the string:

include_once("$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]/includes/functions.php");

Upvotes: 4

Dadou
Dadou

Reputation: 1008

Option 1 - file-relative:

include("../path/to/file.php");

Option 2 - root relative

$root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
include($root."/path/to/file.php");

Upvotes: 0

Joe T
Joe T

Reputation: 2350

You should be able to use relative paths, ie:
I want to include page2.php inside page1.php i do this:

include "../page2.php";

I want to redirect from reg.php to index.php 

"../../index.php"

Or if you are talking about index.php inside public_html, 

"../../../index.php"

Upvotes: 0

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