Using PHP include to include a file with it's own included file

Question

I am trying to load a projects.php file into a higher-level index.php file and want to maintain all the .js .css and any further nested (in .js files) .php files, that are declared in the projects.php file.

My index.php file goes like:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>BLST</title>
</head>

<body>
    <?php $projectsPage = "/tables/php/projects.php"?>
    <li><a href="index.php?page=<?php echo $projectsPage;?>">Projects</a></li>
    <?php if(is_null($_GET["page"])) { 
                $page = ""; 
        }else{ 
            $page = $_GET["page"]; 
        } 
       include($page); 
    ?>
</body>
</html>

My projects.php file is

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

        <title>Projects</title>

        <style type="text/css">
            @import "css/test.css";
            @import "http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/jquery.ui/1.8.23/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css";
        </style>

        <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="utf-8" src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
    </head>

The issue is that none of the files in projects.php are found. This is because the browser is looking to my main directory now (where index.php is).

The js should be called. Ill need to see a little more, like the generated code or a live example or more code ;P — Bene
– Bene, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:28
It should work. Does those includes appear in page's source? — Octavian
– Octavian, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:33
Why wouldn't it work? Worked perfectly well for me. You may want to add a closing semi-colon <?php include "stuff.php"; ?> but I doubt it; both worked. — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:33
If I load /php/stuff.php, everything works. I have a few js files (that are using AJAX and calling further nested php files). But if I load /php/stuff.php into index.php (which is about 5 levels up) basically every php, js and css link is broken in stuff.php. — tones31
– tones31, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:34
Try omitting all closing ?> tags then; they're not really required 95% of the time. — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 19:36

Vagabond · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-24 20:06:56Z

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The test.css is in "tables/php/css/test.css" and what about the location of projects.php and index.php.

I think the answer to these will solve the problem.

answered Mar 24, 2014 at 20:06

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4 Comments

tones31 Over a year ago

I know where the files are, I need to know how to point my index.php to them.

Vagabond Over a year ago

Yes that is what you have to tell me as to where these files are located so that I could help you out.

tones31 Over a year ago

Okay let's say: "htdocs/index.php", "htdocs/tables/php/projects.php", "htrocs/tables/php/css/test.css", "htdocs/tables/php/js/jquery.min.js" etc

Vagabond Over a year ago

Alright in that case try giving the path for test.css as '/tables/php/css/test.css' in projects.php and see if it works. Similarly do the same for jquery.min.js. Try this and let me know.

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