PHP Includes dont work

[chaganlal1]

hey i have a file in my /folder/page1.php folder and i want to include a file from another folder like /folder2/includepage.php but i cant seem to make it work..what am i doing wrong?
I have already put

<?php include('/folder2/includepage.php'); ?>

but it dosent work. can anyone please help me - thanks

 

[Bryon]

Are you using the correct path to the file? I see in the example include you provided that you used a forward-slash before the directory. That would attempt to look for that directory at the base of the server's hard drive\system\whatever. Try using "./" rather then just "/" to include the file. Also remember that you can go "backwards" with "../" in the include construct.

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

 

[jensen]

Maybe this site can help you with its tutorials

http://www.netcode.net/tutorials/php_mysql/

 

[084club]

Thanks ............ very nice

 

[chaganlal1]

Whoea it was just the dot. It works great now thanks. Cant believe It was that simple.