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by **Alt789** » 23. June 2023 14:16

Hi, I must be doing something stupid because I keep getting this message:

Warning: include(localhost/mywebsite/styles/mainstyles.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\mywebsite\index.php on line 8

Warning: include(): Failed opening 'localhost/mywebsite/styles/mainstyles.php' for inclusion (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\mywebsite\index.php on line 8

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'm just trying to include a stylesheet.

My website code is simply:

Code: Select all: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> </head> <body> <?php include "localhost/mywebsite/styles/mainstyles.php"; ?> </body> </html>

by **Nobbie** » 24. June 2023 11:13

Indeed, thats a wrong path. Do not include the servername, only the path. As your index.php runs in mywebsite, ommit that folder also:

include "styles/mainstyles.php";

by **Alt789** » 25. June 2023 03:43

Nobbie wrote:Indeed, thats a wrong path. Do not include the servername, only the path. As your index.php runs in mywebsite, ommit that folder also:

include "styles/mainstyles.php";

Thanks a lot. That worked! Thanks a lot!

One final thing. I can see that I can add "../" when referencing the same stylesheet from another directory, but is there a way to do that using an absolute path, as opposed to the relative ../ ?

by **Nobbie** » 25. June 2023 11:37

Of course, simply apply the full pathname c:/xampp/htdocs/mywebsite/styles/mainstyles.php

But keep in mind that absolute pathnames may not work on other servers (if you upload your script to a webhoster), as they probably have a different structure, i.e. mostly running Linux, which even does not know drive letters. You should use relative pathnames mostly until you definately need absolute pathnames.

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