Title: Include php inside php using relative paths
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Include php inside php using relative paths

 *  [stoarcecreierul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stoarcecreierul/)
 * (@stoarcecreierul)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-inside-php-using-relative-paths/)
 * One of my pages uses a custom script: `/wp-content/themes/currenttheme/chat.php`
 * I want to include in the above php another one located in `/forum/chat/index.
   php` The index.php includes its own files and for integration reasons must not
   be moved.
 * Not working:
 *     ```
       include('/../../../forum/chat/index.php');
       /* returns Error_1 */
       ```
   
 *     ```
       $root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
       include($root."/forum/chat/index.php");
       /* returns Error_1 */
       ```
   
 *     ```
       $path   = getcwd();
       $myfile = "/forum/chat/index.php";
       include ($path.$myfile);
       /* returns Error_2 */
       ```
   
 * The errors:
    Error_1
 *     ```
       Warning: require(D:/My Dropbox/xampp/htdocs/lib/custom.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\forum\chat\index.php on line 17
   
           Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'D:/My Dropbox/xampp/htdocs/lib/custom.php' (include_path='.;\My Dropbox\xampp\php\PEAR') in D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\forum\chat\index.php on line 17
       ```
   
 * Error_2
 *     ```
       Warning: include(D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\forum/forum/chat/index.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\wp-content\themes\currenttheme\chat.php on line 24
   
           Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\forum/forum/chat/index.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;\My Dropbox\xampp\php\PEAR') in D:\My Dropbox\xampp\htdocs\wp-content\themes\currenttheme\chat.php on line 24
       ```
   

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-inside-php-using-relative-paths/#post-1460664)
 * Did you try **ABSPATH**?
 *     ```
       <?php
       echo "ABSPATH ".ABSPATH."<br />";
       echo "WP_CONTENT_DIR ".WP_CONTENT_DIR."<br />";
       echo "WP_CONTENT_URL ".WP_CONTENT_URL."<br />";
       echo "WPINC ".WPINC."<br />";
       echo "WP_PLUGIN_DIR ".WP_PLUGIN_DIR."<br />";
       echo "WP_PLUGIN_URL ".WP_PLUGIN_URL."<br />";
       echo "PLUGINDIR ".PLUGINDIR."<br />";
       echo "WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR ".WPMU_PLUGIN_DIR."<br />";
       echo "WPMU_PLUGIN_URL ".WPMU_PLUGIN_URL."<br />";
       echo "MUPLUGINDIR ".MUPLUGINDIR."<br />";
       echo "Parent theme ".TEMPLATEPATH."<br />";
       echo "Child theme ".STYLESHEETPATH."<br />";
   
       echo "Parent template_directory".get_bloginfo('template_directory')."<br />";
       echo "Parent template_url".get_bloginfo('template_url')."<br />";
       cho "Child stylesheet_directory".get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory')."<br />";
       echo "Child stylesheet_url".get_bloginfo('stylesheet_url')."<br />"; 
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [stoarcecreierul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stoarcecreierul/)
 * (@stoarcecreierul)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-inside-php-using-relative-paths/#post-1460724)
 * ABSPATH returns Error_1 mentioned above.
    It finds the included index.php, but
   it fails to go on from there with the php’s included in index.php
 * For some reason, it searches for them in root, so every file inclusion that follows
   is treated omitting `/forum/chat` and so on.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-inside-php-using-relative-paths/#post-1460753)
 * Hmm–if this is an ‘external’ script, then WordPress constants wouldn’t be available
   with this.. [Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website](http://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website)
 *  Thread Starter [stoarcecreierul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stoarcecreierul/)
 * (@stoarcecreierul)
 * [15 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-inside-php-using-relative-paths/#post-1460811)
 * It is a simple [chat](https://blueimp.net/ajax/) script.
 * Content of `/forum/chat/index.php` (partial)
 *     ```
       // Path to the chat directory:
       define('AJAX_CHAT_PATH', dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']).'/');
   
       // Include custom libraries and initialization code:
       require(AJAX_CHAT_PATH.'lib/custom.php');
   
       // Include Class libraries:
       require(AJAX_CHAT_PATH.'lib/classes.php');
       ```
   

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