为什么../（点点斜杠）不能在我的根目录中工作？ [重复]

Question

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Relative include files

For example,

    include('../admin/db_cred.php');

That works if I am in another folder such as public. However if I am just at www.SITE.com/index.php, it does not work.

Warning: include(../admin/db_cred.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/[...].php on line 6

I added the (dot dot slash) because searching ../ does not work very well...

Answer 1

The ../ convention indicates to move up one directory level from where you are. If you are in the root directory, you cannot move up any more levels.

If your /admin folder is in the root directory and you call this from the /public directory, then ../admin/ would allow you to select the /admin folder from one level below