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    copied!<p>In HTML, I can find a file starting from the <strong>web server's</strong> root folder by beginning the filepath with "/". Like:</p> <pre><code>/images/some_image.jpg </code></pre> <p>I can put that path in any file in any subdirectory, and it will point to the right image.</p> <p>With PHP, I tried something similar:</p> <pre><code>include("/includes/header.php"); </code></pre> <p>...but that doesn't work.</p> <p>I think that that <a href="http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.include-path" rel="noreferrer">this page</a> is saying that I can set <code>include_path</code> once and after that, it will be assumed. But I don't quite get the syntax. Both examples start with a period, and it says:</p> <blockquote>Using a . in the include path allows for relative includes as it means the current directory.</blockquote> <p>Relative includes are exactly what I <strong>don't</strong> want.</p> <p><strong>How do I make sure that all my includes point to the <code>root/includes</code> folder?</strong> (Bonus: what if I want to place that folder outside the public directory?)</p> <h2>Clarification</h2> <p>My development files are currently being served by XAMPP/Apache. Does that affect the absolute path? (I'm not sure yet what the production server will be.)</p> <h2>Update</h2> <p>I don't know what my problem was here. The <code>include_path</code> thing I referenced above was exactly what I was looking for, and the syntax isn't really confusing. I just tried it and it works great.</p> <p>One thing that occurs to me is that some people may have thought that "/some/path" was an "absolute path" because they assumed the OS was Linux. This server is Windows, so an absolute path would have to start with the drive name.</p> <p>Anyway, problem solved! :)</p>
 

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