Stuart wrote: > 2009/2/17 PJ <af.gour...@videotron.ca>: > >> Stuart wrote: >> >>> 2009/2/17 PJ <af.gour...@videotron.ca>: >>> >>> >>>> Dotan Cohen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>>> So put it all in one place: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <?php >>>>>>> include "path.inc"; >>>>>>> print"<a href=\"$path/dir/file.php\">"; >>>>>>> ?> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Full URLs don't break when users save the pages to disk. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> That would be fine if the pages weren't being crafted in Dreamweaver, >>>>>> where inserting links like that is a pain. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> For that you'd have to ask on the Dreamweaver list. I don't really >>>>> like those tools. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I hope I'm not out of place here, but I have a problem that seems to be >>>> related. >>>> I am using some include statements for page headers with the pages in >>>> various directories on the site. The problem is this... if I put >>>> relative statements in the page (header.php) like ../images/file.jpg and >>>> ../file.php etc, if the page into which I include header.php is not in >>>> the top level directory, the links do not work and I have to copy >>>> header.php to header1.php and change the references to /images otherwise >>>> images are not displayed and links to not work in href. >>>> >>>> e.g.: >>>> 1. top level file books.php >>>> include ("lib/db1.php"); // Connect to database >>>> include ("header1.php"); >>>> >>>> 2. subdirectory: /authors/a.php >>>> include "../header.php"; >>>> >>>> I thought that using referencing the top level of the directory tree >>>> (../) would work form anywhere within the tree? >>>> Am I the victim of my own misconceptions here? >>>> TIA to set me straight. >>>> >>>> >>> Personally I always include files relative to my current location >>> using the following... >>> >>> include dirname(__FILE__).'/lib/db1.php'; >>> >>> >> Could you clarify, please? I don't understand. And example, perhaps? >> my entry in books.php is >> <?php include "../header.php";?> >> NOTE: Does it matter what >> > > <?php include dirname(__FILE__)."/../header.php"; ?> > > Simple as! > > -Stuart > > Ooooouuuuhhh... I think I just grasped my quandry by the tail... I had not thought about it before, but the problem seems to be that my header(s) do sometimes include links and/or other includes... so, I think there is no simple solution to this. I simply have to make different versions of such headers for different (sub)directories. Thanks for the clarification.
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