[php]file_get_contents not recognizing file

I have this very simple code:

PHP Code:

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<?php
if(!isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    if(file_get_contents($index) == false) {
        
        die("Failed to open index file.");
        
    }
    
}

?>

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Where $index contains "/pielite/index.htm" and it keeps giving me this error:

Warning: file_get_contents(/pielite/index.htm) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /customers/pie-designs.net/pie-designs.net/httpd.www/pielite/admin/content/scontent.php on line 4
Failed to open index file.

While it in fact does exist, I'm sure it's something really stupid but it's driving me crazy I can't get it too work.

Any suggestions?

Will it work if you append '../../' before $index?

If nothing works maybe you could fully type the url; http://url.ext/pielite/index.html ?

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Originally Posted by Daevius

Will it work if you append '../../' before $index?

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Yes it does, but it isn't really pretty code. Also, I thought that a slash infront of the directory would mean that it looks for the directory in the main directory.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by EliteGM

If nothing works maybe you could fully type the url; http://url.ext/pielite/index.html ?

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That would probably work but why would I want to open a file through a http protocol when it's located on my own server?

Ok, I figured out the problem. Apparently, file_get_contents in an if statement makes php cry.

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Originally Posted by Pieman

Ok, I figured out the problem. Apparently, file_get_contents in an if statement makes php cry.

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Lol are you certain that the if statement isn't making PHP cry?

Well yes, else it wouldn't give that error...

It's not the if statement. You're providing an absolute path that doesn't exist.

Either provide the true absolute path, or append the current directory.

PHP Code:

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$index = "./pielite/index.htm"; 


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