File don't get attached when I use absolute path in HTML CSS

Question

I was using PHP include function to include the header and footer but now I want to change location of my files so I created a folder named admin panel and created a PHP file in it. Now I want to connect my header.php file using include but all the path in header file are give in reference so I want to change it to absolute path but when I change it then it doesn't work.

The reference file path is given like this:

<link href="css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">

Now when I change it to absolute then it dont work

<link href="/home/username/public_html/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all"> 

I am having GoDaddy hosting so this is the way to add absolute path in GoDaddy they say. This is GoDaddy's answer link: https://in.godaddy.com/help/what-is-my-absolute-path-16023

If I am doing something wrong then please tell me thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Best way for you is to get the absolute path through php, so you have no doubt. And to get that just use this

<?php
$path = getcwd();
echo "The absolute Path is ".$path;
?>

Suppose you site is www.example.com and you are giving the absolute path like /home/username/public_html/css/bootstrap.css it will search at http://www.example.com/home/username/public_html/css/bootstrap.css but if you give like /css/bootstrap.css it will search at http://www.example.com/css/bootstrap.css . if there is a forward slash at the beginning.

Answer 2

If you use a forward slash at the beginning of your path, the path will start in your root folder.

Like this:

<link href="/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all">

This path should work in any file in any directory.