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Help, I nub.

I need a simpler way of doing my PHP includes, instead of the way I currently link to the pages.
(For example:

<?php
include '/home/dalton/public_html/etc/etc/etc/etc/too/many/etcs'; ?>

I read that there's a way to do it by doing something like ././ or ../../ i can't remember which. Anyway, I just need a simpler way of doing it, kinda like the ./

So.. suggestions? Answers?

Try doing:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__);

and then:

$folder = $dir.'folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/';
echo $folder;

and tell me what you get.

Err remember to use / after $dir, it does not append it. Also you do not have to use absolute path, you might use include "./include/some.class.php"; . Although it's the prefered way to use dirname to get the absolute path.

Sorry

I Cant Get

(2009-03-18, 08:35 PM)Tom Loveric Wrote: [ -> ]Try doing:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__);

and then:

$folder = $dir.'folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/';
echo $folder;

and tell me what you get.

Sorry, but where does that go?

(2009-03-18, 09:19 PM)remshad Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry

I Cant Get

SERIOUSLY. Stop posting randomly.

(2009-03-18, 09:19 PM)remshad Wrote: [ -> ]Sorry

I Cant Get

Will you please stop posting randomly?? Post count is ONLY a number!

(2009-03-18, 10:42 PM)Dalton Wrote: [ -> ]

(2009-03-18, 08:35 PM)Tom Loveric Wrote: [ -> ]Try doing:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__);

and then:

$folder = $dir.'folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/';
echo $folder;

and tell me what you get.

Sorry, but where does that go?

Just put it in a new .php file, just for testing sake.

So the file should look like:

<?php
$dir = dirname(__FILE__);
$folder = $dir.'folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/';
echo $folder;
?>

?

Actually, try this:

<?php
$dir = dirname(__FILE__)."/";
$folder = $dir.'folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/';
echo $folder;
?>

replace folder/blah/lol/omggz/rofl/ with a real folder name. If the path matches, then your good

Alright.

That's it?
What about where I link to my PHP in my files. (Index.php for example, when I'm linking to say.. footer.php for example. What do I do with that code?)

Just add $dir after include.

Example:

include $dir.'folder/file.php';