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Asked: 2026-06-04T07:23:48+00:00

I don’t get it. When trying to include files from different directories, i’m sure

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I don’t get it.
When trying to include files from different directories, i’m sure i must be missing something real simple.

Site structure is like this.
Directory Structure

if i include("includes/header.php); from inside the /reports/top_sellers_report.php file, the call to the css file doesn’t work.
To make it work i must put ../styles/styles.css
But then, if i open “product_dtails.php from the root, it too includes the header, and then the css file won’t load and i need to remove the ../ to make it work.
I can’t win…

Am i missing something?
4 hours of searching online suggests i am!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Your problem is not really PHP-related. Just look at the URLs:

    http://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/reports/
http://www.example.com/styles/styles.css

    Depending on where you are on your site, the relative path to styles.css might change, thus when you access http://www.example.com/reports/ you have to use ../styles/styles.css, wheras in http://www.example.com/ you have to us styles/styles.css.

    Probably the easiest way to fix your problem is either by using the absolute URL like http://www.example.com/styles/styles.css or the base-path /styles/styles.css instead of ../styles/styles.css. I recommend the latter.

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