Site-root relative path doesn't work

Question

I\'m not understanding this. It\'s screwing up whole site because I\'m using a php template.

Supposedly beginning a link with \'/\' starts me at the root according to ev

Answer 1

Try this:

require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/cis130/textfiles/php/variables.php');

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is how you specify the root directory in php.