Php include/require file from parent dirs not working

Question

I have the following directory structure:

- m
--> css
--> js
--> includes

- php_scripts

In my m/includes there is a file called functions.php and in my php_scripts there is a file called conn.php. I would like to include the conn.phpin the functions.php file but I have no success with it:

<?php
require_once("../../php_scripts/conn.php");

I would assume the previous code is correct but it simply doesn't work. Even if there is no other code in functions.php (just the require), the page loads blank. If I check httpfox I see the result 500 - internal server error. If I comment the line with require_once, it works flawlessly. Any ideas? Thanks a lot!

You could check your document root using ?php phpinfo();? to see if the path is right? — Ben Lefebvre
– Ben Lefebvre, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 15:55
What's inside the php_scripts/conn.php file? It's getting included, it just has something so wrong that it is causing a 500 error. — BA_Webimax
– BA_Webimax, Commented Aug 11, 2014 at 16:07

vanilla thunder · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-11 15:57:27Z

1

try the magic constat "DIR":

require_once(__DIR__."/../../php_scripts/conn.php");

answered Aug 11, 2014 at 15:57

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