PHP Include Problem

[Cayce]

Hey, Forum

I'm having a frustrating time getting my PHP includes to work in my custom templates. The include file is: ssi_horiz_nav.php

The code calling the include: <?php include("ssi_horiz_nav.php"); ?>

Variations I've tried include a relative path (<?php include("/ssi_horiz_nav.php"); ?>), a full absolute url path, various 'virtual' configurations, etc.

In the http://shopsite.com/designer_tools.html site I found this small snippet of instruction, but I'm apparently misinterpreting it: "Simply include the dynamic content code in your ShopSite Product and Page fields, or create a Custom Template using the dynamic code, and then make sure your files are named with the correct extension to tell your Web server to use the right dynamic code parser."

Any help on this would surely be appreciated

Thanks.

Cayce

[ShopSite Lauren]

Have you uploaded your include file on the server via FTP, or do you have your include file uploaded in the ShopSite include files section (Merchandising > Custom Templates > Includes). If it is on the server, then make sure that the server is setup to allow PHP includes (make a test page on the server, not in ShopSite and try the same code). If you have uploaded the include file in ShopSite under Merchandising > Custom Templates > Includes, then instead of the code you are using, you would use the tag:
[-- INCLUDE ssi_horiz_nav.php PROCESS --]

If you are still having problems, please provide a link to the page you are testing this on so that I can see the issue/URLs/code.