include .php file in folder above

Question

I am receiving this error

Warning: include(../config.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/soizastu/public_html/cms/         


        

Answer 1

Just define the absolute path for the cms folder, in this case if the caller script (which you try to include the config.php) /home/soizastu/public_html/cms/happy-api/retrieve.php. Then write on top line of retrieve.php :

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

and include the config.php by write :

require(ABSPATH . 'config.php');