I have a php file which has a require_once Statement (?) this file is then in included in 2 other php files, one php file is in a sub directory so the layout is like this ("file1" and "file2" include the file "included" which require_onces the "required")#
L--subfolder1
| L--file1
L--subfolder2
| L--required
L--file2
L--included
How can I reference the "required" file from the "included" file so that it will work from both file1 and file2?
always use absolute path
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/included";
or
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/subfolder2/required";
would work from anywhere
You have to use absolute path to be able to require the file with the same code from anywhere.
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/subfolder2/required');
You can use dirname() in combination with the __FILE__
constant. (If I understand you correctly you're including the file 'included' from both scripts and 'included' then includes some files?)
included(.php):
require_once( dirname(__FILE__)."/subfolder2/required" );