include .php file in folder above

Question

I am receiving this error

Warning: include(../config.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/soizastu/public_html/cms/happy-api/retrieve.php on line 2

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '../config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/soizastu/public_html/cms/happy-api/retrieve.php on line 2

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Access denied for user 'soizastu'@'localhost' (using password: NO) in /home/soizastu/public_html/cms/happy-api/retrieve.php on line 6
Error connecting to database.

basically in the cms folder is config.php i thought include "../config.php"; would do the trick but it dosent appear so.

Answer 1

Try computing the absolute path and including that.

include(dirname(__FILE__)."/../config.php");

I think it's the safest bet when dealing with multiple levels of include.

Answer 2

Make sure that the user you're using to run your web server can read the file. For a sanity check, chmod the file to 665. If it's a Windows system, then make it so that Everyone can read the file.