How to set root folder for PHP include files

Question

I\'ve spent days researching the internet and I can\'t find the answer that I will understand and are able to implement.

I\'ve got the website in which I want to us

Answer 1

dirname(__FILE__) and __DIR__ both same and __DIR__ comes with PHP 5.3

These are used in order to indicate that the "path of the file where they called".

URL: http://localhost/test/a.php

DIR: --NIX
     /var/www/test/a.php
     --WIN
     D:\lamp\www\test\a.php

// a.php's inside
<?php
echo __DIR__;

Gives you this on linux: /var/www/test

So, if you need a config parameter in all your project, just define it in your config.php and use it where you want both the file name that will be included.

./
  config.php
  index.php
  header.php
  footer.php
  /lib
    foo.php
  /tmp
    bar.php

./config.php define('ROOT', __DIR__ .'/');

./index.php include_once(ROOT .'header.php'); ... include_once(ROOT .'footer.php');

i.e, using it in tmp dir

./tmp/bar.php include_once(ROOT .'lib/foo.php');

UPDATE

// config.php

So, we use this for index.php to include banner.php and banner.php is waiting in ./banners/banner.php;

// index.php and the very first line!

// some html stuff
// ...

// some more html stuff
// ...

So, you should include config.php first to where you need it.

I think, this is basic as far as needed...

UPDATE

So your problem is not PHP include system, but question, anyway... :)

If your image path is changing (so not fixed), you can do like this;

// config.php
define("ROOT", __DIR__ ."/");
define("HTTP", ($_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] == "localhost")
   ? "http://localhost/your_work_folder/"
   : "http://your_site_name.com/"
);

// banner.php