Include wont work from home directory

PHP Include will work on any part of the site excpet the home directory

[neo_brown]

I can include a config file from any directory within my site except from the home directory. I have tried it with the config file in the same directoy and in other directories (updating the path as and when).
NO JOY.
I have an htaccess file but it only contains mod rewrites and 301's so I dont see how this could affect it. From the errors I get it seems that no matter where I store the file it never seems to be found.
Here is the error...

Warning: main(/widget/config.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: No such file or directory in /web/_u/_r/_b/mysite.com/public/www/template.php on line 129

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Birdman]

Have you tried using the SERVER, DOCUMENT_ROOT variable?

include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/include_file.php");

Can't remember if the slash needs to be there or not, so you may need to try it both ways.

Also, the above code assumes the include file is in root.

[neo_brown]

WOW that was a quick response Im gonna have to post here more often.
Thanks I will give that a try later.

[neo_brown]

Worked a charm, thanks alot