link to file outside sub folder

[galaxyAbstractor]

How to do it in php? I work on a mod to phpBB and I have placed the files in a subfolder in the root directory.

root/gadgets/*mod files in here*

root/common.php

The modfiles need to contact common.php in the root directory. How to do it?
Edit:
anyone?

 

[diabolo]

one method is to use relative linking..
use ../../common.php to get to where you need

or you can hard code it, but placing the exact URL (http...

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

I can't use the url because it not only me that gonna use it.

Here is the code:

<?php

    define('IN_PHPBB', true);
    $phpbb_root_path = '';
    $phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
    include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

    // Start session management
    $user->session_begin();
    $auth->acl($user->data);
    $user->setup();

    page_header('LIVE TV');

    $template->set_filenames(array(
        'body' => 'gadget/tv.html',
    ));

    make_jumpbox(append_sid("{$phpbb_root_path}viewforum.$phpEx"));
    page_footer();
?>

 

[Mister_Fast]

rtfm - include ()

Peruse phpManual > include function.

 

[sunils]

Hi,
To use your root directory

you have to use ../ etc

event if you are going to use the include function.

u can use it like this

$phpbb_root_path="../";
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

This will work fine i think

Good luck

 

[bonzo meier]

hi,

i think sunils is right, anyway if you keep getting errors try

$phpbb_root_path= $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/";
include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);

if it still doesn´t work, maybe you get along better with include_once() instead of include(), as there might be a special include path set in your php configuration