Troubles with php include from different directories

Question

I have got a some php files in my root directory, such as:

root/start.php
root/news.php
root/contact.php

All of these files include a navigation.php from the directory

root/include/navigation.php

This navigation.php is basically a header which contains (relative) links to the different files, such as to start.php or news.php. This works perfectly fine.

However, I'm having trouble to make this work, if some of my files are not in the root directory but in a sub-directory, for instance:

root/text/text_01.php

If I include the navigation.php in this file, the links in the navigation do not work anymore (because they are not on the same level). To illustrate this, the start.php is not the same directory as the text_01.php.

What's the best way to solve this issue? Absolute paths, or is there another solution for that? I appreciate your help!

To make the navigation.php work everywhere, yes: absolute paths. — user488187
– user488187, Commented Mar 1, 2015 at 20:29

Nikola Drosakis · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-01 21:56:35Z

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> define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/' );

answered Mar 1, 2015 at 21:56

Nikola Drosakis

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