Absolute Path

Does not work on folders above root

[russgri]

This file is /public_html/about/index.php
...using else/if to carry all files in the about folder; main, bio, contacts, mission etc;
I am trying to adapt this to my template.

<?php 
$inc = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/inc"; 
include $inc."/config.php"; 
include $about."/setup.php"; 
include $inc."/header.php"; 
include $inc."/topnav.php"; 
include $inc."/left.php"; 
include $inc."/right.php"; 
if(!$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) {?> 
<div id="content"> 
<H2>Our Mission</H2> 
<p>We will continue our efforts to widen our scope to include.... 
</div> 
<? } elseif ($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] == "bio") {?> 
Ipsum Lorum..... 
<? } 
include $inc."/footer.php";?> 

Here is my config.php
[code]
<?php
$server = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/";
$inc = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/inc";
$about = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/about";
?>
[code]
This above file is in the about folder...
I have coded for absolute path to includes but it is not working.
Also....Please review my code with respect to correct footer includes...
Thanks

[coopster]

Is the config.php file in the about folder? If so, you're never getting it included because it's not in the path during assignment at the top of your code...

include $inc."/config.php";

...or am I missing something?

[russgri]

This file is /public_html/about/index.php

All that is wrong...correct me...is that the absolute coding is wrong.

This works:

<? 
include( '../inc/config.php' );
include( 'setup.php' ); 
include( '../inc/header.php' ); 
include( '../inc/topnav.php' ); 
include( '../inc/left.php' ); 
include( '../inc/right.php' ); 
include( '../inc/footer.php' ); 
if(!$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])?>
 <div id="content">
<H2>Our Mission</H2>
 <p>We will continue our efforts....</p>
 
</div>
<? } elseif ($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] == "contact") {?>
<div id="content">
<H2>Contact Info</H2>
 <p>Our address is....</p>
<? )
include( '../inc/footer.php' ); 
?>

calls with:
About: index.php?about

This worls but ...How could I use absolute includes?

[ergophobe]

So your directory structure is like this

public_html
=>inc
=>=>config.php
=>about
=>=>index.php

So yes, it should be

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/inc/config.php');
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/about/index.php');

If it's not working, echo out the paths and see if you are missing something:

$path = "path/to/page/";
echo $path;
include($path);