php include file from another directory
include, php
Solution
In your site's `<head>` section, insert a `<base>` element with the `href` attribute. Set the `href` attribute to the base URL of your website, and all relative requests will be sent through that base URL.
<base href="http://my-website-url.com/" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
With a correctly-set `base` tag, the user's browser will attempt to load your stylesheet from the URL `http://my-website-url.com/css/style.css`.
Note: this not only affects stylesheets, but all relative links in the document.
Problem
Here is a structure example: ``` /main /css style.css /include article1.php article2.php header.php index.php ``` In my header.php I have the following code for the css: ``` <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" /> ``` And, for example, in my index.php I have the following as the first line: ``` <?php include 'header.php'; ?> ``` Now, everything works fine as it is. Next I'm going to insert the following code in the article1.php file: ``` <?php include '../header.php'; ?> ``` The contents (menus and other html) are displayed correctly, however the CSS won't be displayed/recognized at all. Basically what's happening is that the header file is being included but the server isn't respecting the directory parenting. For the CSS to be displayed correctly I'd have to change the `link rel` for the CSS to `../css/style.css`, but if I do so it won't work on files located in the main directory. I hope I made my problem clear. What am I doing wrong? How can I include files from different directories and preserve the links inside them?