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Jees K Denny
Jees K Denny

Reputation: 527

A file include a file in another directory which have links, How to set relative path for links?

my project directory as follows.

root 
  css
  img  
  src
    login 
       login.php
    dashboard
          basic
              header.php
              footer.php
              profile.php
              manage.php 
          department
              add_depart.php
    configuration
          config.php

Here the header.php included profile.php, manage.php , add_depart.php and config.php.

In the header.php have links point to the another files that are kept in basic folder. My problem is when i include the header.php in add_depart.php and config.php the links are not working. I know include only copy the file into add_depart.php. the links cant access within department folder.

How can i set relative path for the links inside the header.php can access the links provided by header from basic,department,and configuration folders.

I am also tried with getcwd() , dirname(__FILE__) .

Please Help.

Header.php

$path_r = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
$path_l = $path_r . '/root/src/dashboard/basic/';
 <li class="dropdown">
    <a href="#" data-target="#" class="dropdown-toggle" data-toggle="dropdown"> Settings <b class="caret"></b></a>
    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
        <li><a href="<?php echo $path_l ?>/profile.php">Profile</a></li>
        <li><a href="<?php echo $path_l ?>/config.php">Config</a></li>
        <li class="divider"></li>
        <li><a href="logout.php">Logout</a></li>
    </ul>
</li>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 43

Answers (1)

M. Eriksson
M. Eriksson

Reputation: 13635

You're confusing the file system paths with the URL path.

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] contains the absolute path to the document root on your server (the file system), not the URL. The same goes for getcwd() and dirname().

Just start the URLs with a slash: <a href="/path/to/profile.php" etc, and the URL's will be the same no matter where you include it.

Upvotes: 1

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