<?php include("/nav/menu.html") ?> works like a charm for me, but your
mileage may vary depending on who has set up your website and what
server it is being run on.
FYI: I build my menu's with HTML and javascript, hence the .html call,
but it should be fine as php as well.
Robert
Philip Thompson wrote:
> I'm not exactly sure... but I think that include() may not work this way:
>
> <? include ("/menu.php"); ?>
>
> I don't think it knows to go to the root and then look for menu.php.
> That's why you have to tell it exactly where the menu.php is found - 1
> level back:
>
> <? include ("../menu.php"); ?>
>
> Maybe it should be labeled as a bug? Hehehe! ;)
>
> ~Philip
>
>
> On Apr 3, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Mace Eliason wrote:
>
>> Okay I gave it a try and this is one thing I ran into.
>>
>> in my menu file I changed all the links to <a href="/index.php">Home</a>
>>
>> then in a file in another directory I added this <?
>> include("/menu.php"); ?> This didn't work
>>
>> if I changed it to
>> <? include("../menu.php"); ?> This worked and the links work fine.
>>
>> Seems strange the first include didn't work. Shouldn't it goto the
>> root of the website and look from there?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Philip Thompson wrote:
>>> On Apr 3, 2006, at 10:54 AM, Mace Eliason wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> This is come thing that I have struggled with now and again. I
>>>> usaually us php code to make it work, but was wondering how others
>>>> deal with this
>>>>
>>>> I use includes in most of the web applications that I work on to
>>>> include the header, footer, menu etc.
>>>>
>>>> The problem that I always run into as a project gets bigger is my
>>>> links to pages. If all the files are in the root directory theres
>>>> no problem.
>>>>
>>>> If I have some files in a folder and call my menu for example <?
>>>> include("../menu.php"); ?> I have to call if from the parent
>>>> directory. But then of course
>>>> all the links are wrong. Root becomes the calling directory.
>>>>
>>>> I usually use a php variable to place the ../ if its needed.
>>>>
>>>> How does everyone else deal with this type of problem. I have a
>>>> times places an extra copy of the footer, menu, header etc in each
>>>> directory but it is a pain to change links
>>>> when you have multiple locations to do it in.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> I would be nice to have a simple way to have my include files in a
>>>> common place that works and keeps the links right.
>>>>
>>>> Scandog
>>>
>>>
>>> Ok, I this may only help part of your problem. Within your "menu.php"
>>> file, you could make all the links absolute:
>>>
>>> <a href="/root/to/a/location.php">Place A</a>
>>> <a href="/root/to/somewhere.php">Place B</a>
>>>
>>> instead of relative:
>>>
>>> <a href="location.php">Place A</a>
>>> <a href="somewhere.php">Place B</a>
>>>
>>> That means you can use only 1 menu.php file and all the links will
>>> work from wherever. Of course, this does not fix this issue:
>>>
>>> <? include ("../../menu.php"); ?> or
>>> <? include ("menu.php"); ?> or
>>> <? include ("../somewhere/menu.php"); ?>
>>>
>>> for each of your files that includes the menu. Maybe another clever
>>> person has an idea.
>>>
>>> ~Philip
>
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