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Hi,
I'm probably doing something wrong, but I'm having problems providing links on my pages (and calling PHP includes) when using site root relative links.
For example if I call my css file as follows;
the css fails to open, but I thought specifying the "/" at the front should make it open the css folder from the site root and then the flashgms.css file within that folder.
I can make document relative links work ("../css/flashgms.css", etc), but this becomes a real pain on my site as pages are situated within various folders.
I want to avoid using absolute links as this causes me other problems, like passing variables in my bits of PHP code that I'm using.
Any ideas?
I'm probably doing something wrong, but I'm having problems providing links on my pages (and calling PHP includes) when using site root relative links.
For example if I call my css file as follows;
the css fails to open, but I thought specifying the "/" at the front should make it open the css folder from the site root and then the flashgms.css file within that folder.
I can make document relative links work ("../css/flashgms.css", etc), but this becomes a real pain on my site as pages are situated within various folders.
I want to avoid using absolute links as this causes me other problems, like passing variables in my bits of PHP code that I'm using.
Any ideas?
I've sorted my problem. It's not a problem with site root relative links as such. I use a PHP page to call the CSS and calling this PHP page using a site root relative call isn't allowed as Freeola have safe mode switched on. At least I believe this was the cause of my problem.
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Well whatever you are doing with your PHP it shouldnt have an impact on your html links as they are handled by the browser.
Any chance you can set up a test page demonstrating this css link not working? You're linking to the css file twice at the moment and neither have a leading slash.
Any chance you can set up a test page demonstrating this css link not working? You're linking to the css file twice at the moment and neither have a leading slash.
Thanks for the tip. I'll have a look at getcwd().
I think some of my problem is because I call other PHP files from within the one I include. Having a search on the web, I think I may be better to use the function command and have all my code in one PHP file.
The site is http://www.flashgms.com/
I think some of my problem is because I call other PHP files from within the one I include. Having a search on the web, I think I may be better to use the function command and have all my code in one PHP file.
The site is http://www.flashgms.com/
../pathtomycss/css.css will lead to a location one directory up from where you are now. pathtomycss/css.css will look in a sub directory call pathtomycss within the directory you are currently in.
You absolute link (/pathtomycss/css.css) should work. No .htaccess rules?
If you are using php then you might want to try using the function getcwd() (get current working directory) which will append the absolute path for you.
You absolute link (/pathtomycss/css.css) should work. No .htaccess rules?
If you are using php then you might want to try using the function getcwd() (get current working directory) which will append the absolute path for you.
Lets see the site in question? Your understanding of leading / is correct so something else is going wrong. Not using mod_rewrite or anything are you?
Removing the leading / only works for pages that are in the root folder (ie. htdocs).
As I understood it the leading / should specify the site root?
What I'm trying to avoid is having different links for pages that are in different folders, as it makes the use of templates very difficult.
As I understood it the leading / should specify the site root?
What I'm trying to avoid is having different links for pages that are in different folders, as it makes the use of templates very difficult.
Hi,
I'm probably doing something wrong, but I'm having problems providing links on my pages (and calling PHP includes) when using site root relative links.
For example if I call my css file as follows;
the css fails to open, but I thought specifying the "/" at the front should make it open the css folder from the site root and then the flashgms.css file within that folder.
I can make document relative links work ("../css/flashgms.css", etc), but this becomes a real pain on my site as pages are situated within various folders.
I want to avoid using absolute links as this causes me other problems, like passing variables in my bits of PHP code that I'm using.
Any ideas?
I'm probably doing something wrong, but I'm having problems providing links on my pages (and calling PHP includes) when using site root relative links.
For example if I call my css file as follows;
the css fails to open, but I thought specifying the "/" at the front should make it open the css folder from the site root and then the flashgms.css file within that folder.
I can make document relative links work ("../css/flashgms.css", etc), but this becomes a real pain on my site as pages are situated within various folders.
I want to avoid using absolute links as this causes me other problems, like passing variables in my bits of PHP code that I'm using.
Any ideas?