Using "Include" Method for header in PHP & HTML

Question

I'm trying to set all header inside 1 folder name header.php

So that everytime i can just use

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

to set up all my stylesheet, JS and etc... but once i created a new file and create new php try to include my "header.php" it shows this error message

Warning: include(header.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in 
C:\xampp\htdocs\WebEnt\Certain View File\Register.php on line 5

Warning: include(): Failed opening 'header.php' for 
inclusion (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in 
C:\xampp\htdocs\WebEnt\Certain View File\Register.php on line 5

header.php

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="">
    <meta name="author" content="">
    <link rel="icon" href="Picture/SEGI2.png">
    <title>EC-Submission</title>

    <!-- Bootstrap Core CSS -->
    <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <!-- Custom CSS -->
    <link href="css/custom.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <!--Own Customized CSS by Jake-->
    <link href="css/WebCustom.css" rel="stylesheet">


    <!-- jQuery -->
    <script src="js/jquery.js"></script>

    <!-- Bootstrap Core JavaScript -->
    <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>

can anyone provide the easiest solution? Thank YOU

@NishitManjarawala Tried this the error message still the same, just from "include" became "include_once" — Jake Cube
– Jake Cube, Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 10:34
Is it in the same directory? Try require_once(__DIR__."/../header.php") — Mazz
– Mazz, Commented Mar 25, 2017 at 10:47

TuomasK · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-25 11:36:22Z

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To fix the problem with the CSS files, you need to use path

/WebEnt/css/WebCustom.css

or

/css/WebCustom.css

I'm not sure which one is working, but it's easy to test.

The explanation for this is that now the paths are in the HTML-code, which is processed only in browser while showing the page. Thereby the path must be relative to the directory where the server is serving the pages from. When you visit your site, I guess you go to address http://localhost/, that points to either C:\xampp\htdocs\ or C:\xampp\htdocs\WebEnt\. That is what you need to take into consideration on the css path.

answered Mar 25, 2017 at 11:36

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Jake Cube Over a year ago

Thanks a lot ! After certain testing and with your answer i've successful solve this problem! I'll also provide the solution in this post.

Ndroid21 · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-25 10:42:39Z

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You haven't provided correct path for your header.php file, check in which folder is your header.php and correct its path in include

edited Mar 25, 2017 at 10:42

answered Mar 25, 2017 at 10:40

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Jake Cube Over a year ago

my "header.php" is placed at "htdocs\WebEnt" but the new php file is on "htdocs\WebEnt\Certain View File\Register.php" so is much deeper. By only using "include("header.php")" should be working... but not for me.

TuomasK Over a year ago

I think you need to use C:\xampp\htdocs\WebEnt\header.php I'm afraid PHP doesn't look back in the directory tree

Jake Cube Over a year ago

@TuomasK I also tried this method, it will causing all my css not working.

TuomasK Over a year ago

I think there would be something wrong in your header.php file. Please update your question with new/more information or open a new question

Ndroid21 Over a year ago

@JakeCube In which folder is your css? Can you also list your directory structure of the project you are working on?

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Jake Cube · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-25 11:50:05Z

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I've found a solution also thanks to whoever comment and help me to solve this issue. Here i'll list out how i solve this problem.

Create a external file to store header, footer, navbar and etc...
Changing the path from "css/Webcustom.css" to "/WebEnt/css/WebCustom.css"
Back to "C:\xampp\htdocs\WebEnt\Certain View File\Register.php" and changing the include path via this method
```
<?php include "$_SERVER[DOCUMENT_ROOT]/WebEnt/HVF/header.php"; ?>
```
And it works for me!

answered Mar 25, 2017 at 11:50

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