This is because the PHP include statement is ment to include other blocks of
PHP code, rather than bits of HTML. Hence, it includes things from anywhere
on the system. To include things from under your current htdocs directory,
use...
include($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/includes/metatags.include");
though the more 'correct' method would be
readfile($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/includes/metatags.include");
adamw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Zornek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 5:04 PM
Subject: [PHP] include statement
> I'm a PHP newbie and am looking into using the include statement to
> put things like the header and footer in so they are always the same.
>
> I do this now with SSI. In SSI I'll use the following statement:
>
> <!--#include virtual="/includes/metatags.include" -->
>
> I like this cause it lets me use the same statement all over the site
> and I don't have to worry about where the document is and how many
> directories i have to go up an into "../../../../../"
>
> I was guessing PHP's version would be:
>
> <?PHP
> include("/includes/metatags.include");
> ?>
>
> However I get an error. If I put the absolute it works:
>
> <?PHP
> include("/home/httpd/includes/metatags.include");
> ?>
>
> which is scary cause this worked too:
>
> <?PHP
> include("/usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf");
> ?>
>
> doesn't this seem like a huge security hole?
>
> Well what I want is to use something like /inc/footer.html so i can
> use the same PHP statements in any document and not worry about
> getting it "../../../"
>
> Any suggestions.
> Mike
>
>
> --
> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
