I want to make multiple pages on my website, but to keep everything clean I want to make different directoriess with the different pages. However, I use php to make a different file with my header that is included in all my pages, so I only have to change the code of my header once and it will be the same on all pages.
The problem is that the links I use in my menu items (like home, contact, about, etc.) will not work anymore when you're on a page inside a directory (I'll make an example below).
So my question: Is there a home folder on a website (like ~/ on unix) or is there another way to make it work?
Example of my directory structure:
htdocs
index.php
header.php
menus
contact.php
about.php
(a link to index.php won't work anymore if you're on the contact.php page)
Sounds like you're using relative paths in your menu links. Use an absolute path instead by starting with a "/":
<a href="/index.php">Home</a>
<a href="/menus/about.php">About</a>
or a complete URL:
<a href="http://example.com/index.php">Home</a>
<a href="http://example.com/menus/about.php">About</a>