How do I browse a php file in a different directory?

Question

I am trying to search in google for php code that will let me load or browse a file work2.php.

Note that my directory is /home/meria/public_html/work/.

example: /home/meria/public_html/work/code.php

The target file is: /var/work2.php

Answer 1

If: /home/meria/public_html/work/code.php
going to: /var/work2.php

include "../../../../var/work2.php"; // I might be a little off

Answer 2

Maybe you just want to include the file?

<?php
include "/var/work2.php";