file_get_contents with relative path

Question

I have the following directory structure.

/var/www/base/controller/detail.php
/var/www/base/validate/edit.json
/var/www/html

Within /

Answer 1

try using this

$json = file_get_contents("/path/to/your/file/edit.json", true);

As of PHP 5 the FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH constant can be used to trigger include path search. This is not possible if strict typing is enabled since FILE_USE_INCLUDE_PATH is an int. Use TRUE instead.