[Nfb-web] PHP Includes Issue

[Chris Westbrook]

I don't know htat much about php, but I think you should probably use 
relative paths, not absolute, so they will work on any server.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>
To: <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 5:06 PM
Subject: [Nfb-web] PHP Includes Issue


> Good afternoon everyone,
>
>       A number of Web sites I manage were recently moved to a new server.
> They use PHP includes for displaying content common to all site pages. On
> the old server I used absolute paths for these includes. I'm not sure 
> which
> version of  PHP was in use on that machine, but all worked fine. No matter
> if pages were located in the root folder, or in sub folders the includes
> loaded fine. On the new machine they're not loading at all unless the site
> pages are located in the root folder, and the absolute path is removed.
>
>    I have two options and am not sure which is the best fix for this
> situation. I'd like to continue using PHP, hut don't care to have to 
> update
> umpteen includes and footer files for pages stored in umpteen site 
> folders.
> I need to know from a PHP guru is there is a fix for this situation that
> will cause my includes to be displayed on pages located in subfolders, or 
> do
> I need to do things the hard way?If someone has code that I can add that
> will cause PHP includes to be displayed regardless of a page's location on
> the server that will be very much appreciated.
>
>    This server also supports Server-Side Includes which load on pages in
> any location on the server. One of the sites I manage was created using 
> SSI.
> The include loads on  all site pages some of which are located in
> subfolders. The question is can I continue to build these sites using PHP,
> or should I convert them over to Server-Side Includes to fix this problem?
> Suggestions and PHP code snippids to add to the PHP include tag will be 
> very
> helpful. I need to move on this as four Web sites are effected by this
> problem. Thanks for your help.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
>
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