connecting header.php up a file level

Question

I'm trying to connect my PHP header from a file that is in a folder.

I'm attempting to do this by using:

<?php include("../header.php"); ?>

It works to bring the content in that file on the page, but its not applying the style.css file to the doc. Why?

Here is the contents of header.php:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>%TITLE%</title>

    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lilita+One' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="includes/normalize.css">
</head>
<body>

<header>
    <div class="page-wrap">
        <h2 id="logo">Some Company</h2>
        <nav>
            <a href="index.php">Home</a>
            <a href="contact.php">Contact</a>
            <a href="rentals.php">Rentals</a>
            <a href="forsale.php">For Sale</a>
        </nav>
    </div>
</header>
<section id="mainContent">

open ur pges with firebug and see which CSS is not loading, and u will probably see why too — Itay Moav -Malimovka
– Itay Moav -Malimovka, Commented Sep 23, 2014 at 0:23
You should note that the <link> tag href property is relative to the file that is calling the include() and not relative to the header.php file. So, if you are loading somefolder/pages/page.php and you're including somefolder/header.php, you are fetching somefolder/pages/style.css and not somefolder/style.css. Just saying. — Alejandro Iván
– Alejandro Iván, Commented Sep 23, 2014 at 0:25

Brandon Garcia-Acain · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-23 04:29:52Z

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This is probably because its trying to reference the css at 'style.css' but try putting '../style.css'. It should allow the styles but it won't fix all your pages. In that case its better to use something like this:

<?php
    // Set a constant with your url
    define('BASE_URL', 'http://localhost:64411/TestingPHPStuff/');

    echo 'Now use it in your html like this:';
?>

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?=BASE_URL;?>style.css"/>

That way file location does not matter.

Basically though, you are trying to use a stylesheet that doesn't exist at that current level. Probably.

Edited I changed it. If you include the 'http://' and the port ':64411' (for example you would use your port) then it should work. I just tested it and it only worked for me with both 'http://' and ':64411'.

edited Sep 23, 2014 at 4:29

answered Sep 23, 2014 at 0:20

Brandon Garcia-Acain

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gooser Over a year ago

I'm currently developing the site locally. When I define the BASE_URL as "localhost/someCompany/" it returns "localhost/someCompany/localhost/someCompany/index.php" When developing locally, do I simply define BASE_URL as "/"?

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