In need of a fix (PHP)

[Tindris]

Basically I am working on a website that uses subfolders for example yourwebsite.com/foldername/index.php. This obviously causes issues when calling files with PHP so I am using

<?php
$root = realpath($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);
?>

to call the include files which works fine.

The problem I am having is when it comes to calling the JS, CSS and images. How would I go about using something similar so when I source and image or file it starts straight from the root directory? Grateful for any help with this!

 

[amalfra]

if use ' /' infront when linking css or js files it would start from root . for example '/foldername/style.css' would just look for style.css from root .

If you want to the variable $root to be used in css and js files for eg :

background : url('<?php echo $root;?>/folder/sub-folder/image.jpg');

the you may rename try renaming style.css to style.php and setting correct headers in style.php file like :

 <?php header('Content-type: text/css; charset=UTF-8'); ?>
//give normal css below

 

[Patrick S.]

(Without knowing full code)
As Amalfra said.
Put a / before all images.

background:url('/images/image.php');

Then when getting the style just add ../

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

(same for javascript 😛 )
For each folder you need to do just add another ../
like say the new file is: example.com/folder/anotherfolder.
Just add ../../style.css.

 

[Tindris]

In this situation that doesn't work, it needs to be dynamic. I have a header.php file in the main directory. In that file it calls the CSS files. In a subfolder I have a file which includes the same header.php from the main directory. When calling this it doesn't call the CSS. I need a PHP query which always directs the browser to look for the CSS from the root wherever the calling file is located.

 

[amalfra]

what code do you give in header.php to call the css file ?

 

[Cas]

If your header is located in

yourwebsite/inc/header.php

And your css file is located in

yourwebsite/css/style.css

And the header gets included by a normal index file

yourwebsite/index.php

You will need to include your css like this:

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