[Kethaias]

Whenever I use a "/" at the beginning of a path (to reference the root directory) when including a file using the php include function it comes up with an error saying that it could not be found. Perhaps I am not using it correctly. I am using:

<?php
include('/navbar.php');
?>

the file is in my public_html folder and can be accessed directly from there or by using "../navbar.php" from the a sub folder. I am including this from many locations in my site and would prefer not to use ../../../ everytime. I guess my questions are:
1. Am I using the "/" path correctly?
2. If so, what am I doing wrong when pathing to my file?

[nevermore93]

There is a way to reference the"root" with PHP, but it's not allowed here and has been disabled. For now, you're stuck with relative URLs on your includes.

If the file calling the include is in the root directory as well, then either of the following will work:

include('navbar.php');

OR

include('./navbar.php');

[Kethaias]

Originally Posted by nevermore93

There is a way to reference the"root" with PHP, but it's not allowed here and has been disabled. For now, you're stuck with relative URLs on your includes.

If the file calling the include is in the root directory as well, then either of the following will work:

include('navbar.php');

OR

include('./navbar.php');

Thank you I thought it would be something like that since it was working with relative simplicity when using localhost. I guess I'll just design a short php function that will determine the nesting level of the current document and use relative links. Thanks for your help.