Use the required / included file as base directory in PHP

Question

I am currently using an index.php to include another file , it structure like:

root / index.php
     / new/ index.php

And I use

<?php
require_once("new/index.php");
?>

the problem is , all paths in it are wrong. As all paths are based on new/index.php , when i include it, all paths changes to based on index.php. Are there any way to let the outsider visit index.php but at the same time my actual code is stored in new/ folder? Thanks

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:01

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Change current directory using chdir function.

answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:01

Elon Than

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This works better for me -- because I'm running unit tests using my own framework. – Matt H Jun 20 '16 at 16:05

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 18 '14 at 07:58

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include with an absolute path

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . "/filename.php");

answered Jun 18 '14 at 07:58

Vikas Kumar

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:55

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I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but if you want to include a file relative to your root, this is my solution:

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/new/index.php');

answered Oct 03 '13 at 14:55

Joao

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '13 at 15:03

Are you talking about something like

<?php echo '<img src="my_image.jpg">; ?>

If so, use a slash to get to the url root and then use the full path from there like

<?php echo '<img src="/images/my_image.jpg">; ?>

Otherwise your urls can be messed up easily.

Use the required / included file as base directory in PHP

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