menu include - hyperlink problems

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September 15th, 2003, 05:22 AM

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menu include - hyperlink problems

hey,

I have a structure like the following

ROOT
> index.php
> menu.php
> header.php
> content.php

FOLDER1
> content.php
> another.php
> index.php

so there are many folders at root, that all have an index file. When I call say index.php in root, the links to other parts of the site would be like

<a href="folder1/index.php">Folder 1 index</a>

but when that index file in folder1 is opened, it includes the menu and header file from root... so the index in folder1 has

include ('../menu.php')

etc

but obviously, the links in menu still refer to original paths.... so if I wanted to go back to the home page, it should be

"../index.php" but it is still "index.php"

Basically, I think I need a way to dertmine if the menu is being called in the root dir, then display a certain path, or if the menu is a folder away from root, to display other paths..

has anyone come across this problem, I'm sure you must have!!

thanks!!

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September 15th, 2003, 07:46 AM

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You might investigate splitting the URL on slashes and counting your elements to determine where in the tree you are. So:

PHP Code:


		
			
 $parts=split("/",getenv("DOCUMENT_URI"));

$num_dots=sizeof($parts)-3;



switch($num_dots){

    case 1:

        $dots="../";

        break;

    case 2:

        $dots="../../";

        break;

    default:

        $dots="/";        

}



include($dots . "index.php");

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