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

Make sure that the user you're using to run your web server can read the file. For a sanity check, chmod the file to 665. If it's a Windows system, then make it so that Everyone can read the file.

Answer 2

Try computing the absolute path and including that.

include(dirname(__FILE__)."/../config.php");

I think it's the safest bet when dealing with multiple levels of include.

Answer 3

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');

Answer 4

This should work include('../config.php');

Answer 5

Try this code i hope it works for me

Assume we had dbconfig.php in home directory and include that file in file that inside home like path structure. |--admin |--includes |--add_dbconfig.php |--dbconfig.php

add_dbconfig.php

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