Include file in folder above root folder - how?

[Patrick Taylor]

I have a .php script in a folder one level above my website root, and I'd like to include it in pages in various website subfolders, some below the root.

How can I do this? Can I use ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in the path in some way? Advice would be appreciated.

[SixTimesEight]

Use the actual server directory path.

ex. include('/home/username/include.php');

[edited by: SixTimesEight at 1:11 pm (utc) on Aug. 14, 2007]

[Habtom]

Can I use ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] in the path in some way?

I don't know how that can be done, but it is interesting to find out.

How about just going one step up from the root "../folderabove".

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Apologies if this is offtopic but I want to know
a CSS stored in this folder, would it be ok with search engines?

[Patrick Taylor]

Yes, actual server directory path - that worked. Many thanks.

I can't use '../folderabove' because the .php include exists at various folder levels on the site, so the path has to be absolute.

[edited by: Patrick_Taylor at 1:26 pm (utc) on Aug. 14, 2007]

[Habtom]

<edit>Your edit answered my question </edit>

[edited by: Habtom at 1:25 pm (utc) on Aug. 14, 2007]

[coopster]

There is a tip on how to accomplish this very task in our PHP Forum Library [webmasterworld.com] in the thread titled Good PHP solutions to small problems [webmasterworld.com] (very last message in the thread).