include problem in php

i am running a file in the following folder on my hosting server

/httpdocs/folder1/folder2/script.pjp

how do i include a file that is located at the root of the hosting server

/httpdocs/globalFunctions.php


iv tried

$maindir = dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
require $maindir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "globalFunctions.php";


include('http://www.domainname.com/globalFunctions.php');

and

include('../../globalFunctions.php');

but none of these work

any ideas

Think you might need some changes on open_basedir and/or safe mode to allow this.

Think you might need some changes on open_basedir and/or safe mode to allow this.

can you explain abit more about this. i cant find anything on google about it :(

include('http://www.domainname.com/globalFunctions.php');


That will never work as the server sees it as a http request and EXECUTES the PHP file. All you will see is html output NOT php code.

That will never work as the server sees it as a http request and EXECUTES the PHP file. All you will see is html output NOT php code.

sorry guys i got it.. was a simple mistake :(

This is what I used in the end and it worked grand

$globalFunctions = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'globalFunctions.php';

include($globalFunctions);