HI Folks,
include (realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/includes/session_start.php");
This works perfectly
<link href=\"" . realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css\"
This does not work dispite correct path. console shows 404 not found.
pls advise.
So what does the console show as the path it is looking for your file in?
it shows
dashboard.php:21 GET http://example.com/home/accessto/public_html/demo3/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
Try removing the trailing backslash.
<link href=\"" . realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css\"
sure let me…
bootstrap.min.css\"
if i remove the backslash above, then php error.
finally if i run the following console path which shows 404
http://example.com/home/accessto/public_html/demo3/admin/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
in this way, it works in the browser.
http://example.com/demo3/admin/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
that mean removing this part
home/accessto/public_html/
Please supply more script because it appears HTML and PHP scripting are not being used correctly.
<link href=\"" . realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css\"
What I would do is break the script down and test to ensure each line works correctly. Afterwards I may concatenate the lines.
<?php
/*
<link href=\"" . realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css\"
*/
// NOTICE THE TRAILING BACKSLASH IS REMOVED
$tmp = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..')
. "/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" ;
if( file_exists($tmp) ):
echo '<link href="' . $tmp .'">';
else:
echo 'Problem with path ===> ' .$tmp;
die;
endif;
Edit:
Spelling not my forty 
output
Problem with path ===> /home/accessto/public_html/demo3/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css
Try this and see if the path works perfectly:
<?php
$tmp = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../../..') . "/includes/session_start.php";
if( file_exists($tmp) ):
echo 'Path OK ==> ' .$tmp;
else:
echo 'Problem with path ===> ' .$tmp;
die;
endif;
so i admit that there is a problem in the path, if i correct it by removing one extra /…
from dir , then it works 
Path OK ==> /home/accessto/public_html/demo3/admin/content/dashboard/bower_components/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css
now let me put this in to the script and see…
Thank you john
problem resolved !!! Great Help. Thanks every one…
$tmp= realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../..')
. "/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" ;
echo "
<link href=\"" . $tmp . "\" rel=\"stylesheet\">
Well , it is emberessing, i had to open the thread again coz i made a mistake. there is some problem still which i did not noticed earlier. sorry about it.
This works fine :
$tmp = realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../..')
. "/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css";
if( file_exists($tmp) ):
echo 'Path OK ==> ' .$tmp;
else:
echo 'Problem with path ===> ' .$tmp;
die;
endif;
Path OK ==> /home/accessto/public_html/demo3/admin/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css
but this does not
$tmp= realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../..')
. "/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" ;
echo "<link href='" . $tmp ."' rel=\"stylesheet\">";
error :
GET http://example.com/home/accessto/public_html/demo3/admin/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css net::ERR_ABORTED 404 (Not Found)
Try using the PHP if( file_exits($tmp) ) ):
yah it says file exist, but when included it in href as below it gives 404.
echo "<link href='" . $tmp ."' rel=\"stylesheet\">";
i will go ahead with relative path inside href.
Try adding these lines to the beginning of your webpage:
<?php
// PHP7 specific, fails fast, this file only
declare(strict_types=1);
// this file and all included/required files
error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', 'true');
$tmp= realpath(__DIR__ . '/../../..')
. "/content/dashboard/bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" ;
echo '<br><br> filesize($tmp) ==> ',
filesize($tmp);
$tmp2 = file_get_contents($tmp);
echo '<br><br> strlen($tmp2) ==> ',
strlen($tmp2);
echo '<br><br> print_r($tmp2) ==> ',
print_r( $tmp2 );
die;
Hi johan, for you code this is the out put
filesize($tmp) ==> 113498
strlen($tmp2) ==> 113498
print_r($tmp2) ==> /*! * Bootstrap v3.3.1 (http://getbootstrap.com) * Copyright 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc. * Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE) *//*! normalize.css v3.0.2 | MIT License | git.io/normalize */html{font-family:sans-serif;-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%}body{margin:0}article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,footer,header,hgroup,main,menu,nav,section,summary{display:block}audio,canvas,progress,video{display:inline-block;vertical-align:baseline}audio:not([controls]){display:none;height:0}[hidden],template{display:none}a{background-color:transparent}a:active,a:hover{outline:0}abbr[title]{border-bottom:1px dotted}b,strong{font-weight:700}dfn{font-style:italic}h1{margin:.67em 0;font-size:2em}mark{color:#000;background:#ff0}small{font-size:80%}sub,sup{position:relative;font-size:75%;line-height:0;vertical-align:baseline}sup{top:-.5em}sub{bottom:-.25em}img{border:0}svg:not(:root){overflow:hidden}figure{margin:1em 40px}hr{height:0;-webkit-box-sizing:content-box;-moz-box-sizing:content-box;box-sizing:content-box}pre{overflow:auto}code,kbd,pre,samp{font-family:monospace,monospace;font-size:1em}button,input,optgroup,select,textarea{margin:0;font:inherit;color:inherit}button{overflow:visible}button,select{text-transform:none}button,html input[type=button],input[type=reset],input[type=submit]{-webkit-appearance:button;cursor:pointer}button[disabled],html input[disabled]{cursor:default}button::-moz-focus-inner,input::-moz-focus-inner{padding:0;border:0}input{line-height:normal}input[type=checkbox],input[type=radio]{-webkit-box-sizing:border-box;-moz-box-sizing:border-box;box-sizing:border-box;padding:0}input[type=number]::-webkit-inner-spin-button,input[type=number]::-webkit-outer-spin-button{height:auto}input[type=search]{-webkit-box-sizing:content-box;-moz-box-sizing:content-box;box-sizing:content-box;-webkit-appearance:textfield}input[type=search]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,input[type=search]::-webkit-search-decoration{-webkit-appearance:none}fieldset{padding:.35em .625em .75em;margin:0 2px;border:1px solid silver}legend{padding:0;border:0}textarea{overflow:auto}optgroup{font-weight:700}table{border-spacing:0;border-collapse:collapse}td,th{padding:0}/*! Source:........
I have made this mistake before, never learned the lesson and no doubt will make exactly the same mistake again 
The link is expecting a URL and not a PATH.
I will remember this john 