Simple php navigation includes

Question

I'm trying to make a simple php page using includes and I'm finding it hard to navigate the urls using ../ to locate the right path to the folder.

Is there an easy way to construct a simple php navigation. Only doing it locally without using mysql and etc.

<a class="list-group-item" href="index.php">Overview &nbsp;<i class="fa fa-tachometer fa-fw"></i></a>
<a class="list-group-item" href="ticket/tickets.php">Tickets &nbsp;<i class="fa fa-ticket fa-fw"></i></a>


<? php 
    $indexURL = ('project/*');
?>
<div id="sidebar" class="sample">
    <div class="search">
        <input type="search" placeholder="Search..."> <i class="fa fa-search fa-2x"></i>
    </div>
    <div class="list-group">
        <a class="list-group-item" href="<?php echo '$indexURL' ?>/index.php">Overview &nbsp;<i class="fa fa-tachometer fa-fw"></i></a>

Use absolute urls: `/ticket/tickets.php`, etc. or use a variable that defines the root and you can prefix to each url. — jeroen, Jun 22 '15 at 18:23
How can I use variable to define the root? that's what I've been trying to find :( — MrNew, Jun 22 '15 at 18:24
Refer to this for getting the document root. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15211231/server-document-root-path-in-php — Moonblaze, Jun 22 '15 at 18:26
can you give me an example how to do it inside href :( php $indexURL = ('project/*'); ?>

Overview — MrNew, Jun 22 '15 at 18:33
@joroen I tried using absolute urls but when im in the ticket.php page then go back to index.php the url is stuck in /tickets/index.php. Index.php is outside /ticket/ — MrNew, Jun 22 '15 at 18:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 22 '15 at 18:42

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This line will write out $indexURL, literally. If you want the value of $indexURL, remove the single quotes.

<?php echo '$indexURL' ?>

answered Jun 22 '15 at 18:42

user2182349

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instead? that gave me error. – MrNew Jun 22 '15 at 18:48
Remove the space between and php which wrap the assignment statement. – user2182349 Jun 22 '15 at 18:54
I did that and it just output as project/$indexURL than actually going to the page :/ – MrNew Jun 22 '15 at 18:59
nvm was doing the echo wrong and forgot to put semi-colon – MrNew Jun 22 '15 at 19:06

DarkSideKillaz · Answer 2 · 2017-02-15T04:59:34.813

To get absolute path to your document root use:

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

This should return c:\wamp\www Or /opt/www Or your location to apache document root. To test this simply type:

echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

To get the folder location use

echo basename(__DIR__);

will return the current directory name only

echo basename(__FILE__);

will return the current file name only

echo basename(dirname(__FILE__));

Will return the location of the php file that is running the code. Lets take 3 files for example

home.php
test/pics.php
test/images/editor.php

in your pics.php you need to use functions in editor.php, so you use

Pics.php:

require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/images/editor.php';

Home.php

require_once 'test/pics.php';

Simple php navigation includes

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