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Jordan Baron
Jordan Baron

Reputation: 4180

Can't include file using absolute path in PHP

I have a website is located in /proj/hcr/ (the Apache DocumentRoot is /proj). I am trying to include a file using an absolute path, but it says that the file does not exist even though it does. The line of code is as follows: include_once '/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php';

Here is the directory structure for the file I am trying to include

directory

Upvotes: 0

Views: 167

Answers (1)

Cosmic Girl
Cosmic Girl

Reputation: 63

Your question title says that include with absolute path doesn't work in PHP, but in your question I read:

I am trying to include a file using a relative path, but it says that the file does not exist even though it does. The line of code is as follows: include_once '/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php';

I am assuming you are trying to include file with '/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php' (which is supposed to be an absolute path).

Absolute path doesn't start from root directory by default,so '/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php' is not an absolute path since it lacks the path to the root directory. You need to provide the full path to the file on the machine. For example , absolute path on windows machine (using xampp as a web server,installed on C) would be:

C:/xampp/htdocs/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php

You should use the following code:

include_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"].'/hcr/spaces-api/spaces.php';

So , $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] will give you path to the root directory and you can then concatenate it with path to file in root directory.

Upvotes: 1

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