Wordpress SSI.php reference issue

[Snaphaan]

I'm trying to incorporate some of the latest information (like posts etc.) into a widget area in Wordpress. To be able to execute the necessary PHP code in the widget areas themselves I use a plug-in called php-exec hxxp:bluesome.net/post/2005/08/18/50/ [nonactive] for Wordpress.

This is my code in the text widget:
<?php
   require("/forum/SSI.php");

   ssi_topTopicsViews();
   ssi_recentTopics();
?>


Problem is, as soon as I try to use the require section almost my whole footer area disappears. Something like this:

Normal display


Messed up display


I tried running some other small and simple php code (I'm not very proficient - just a beginner) and everything works but as soon as I try to use that require section everything bombs out. My site is hxxp:vaandel.co.za [nonactive] and the forum is at hxxp:vaandel.co.za/Forum [nonactive]. SSI.php is of course in the root of the SMF directory - hxxp:vaandel.co.za/Forum/SSI.php [nonactive]. I tried these direct links as well but nothing.

My setup worked fine on the off-line XAMPP installation.

Any ideas?

[Kindred]

try this:
require("forum/SSI.php");

[Snaphaan]

I found out what was the problem.

I went back and loaded up ssi_examples.php. Right at the top - first thing it gave me a code section which came out to...

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<?php require("/usr/www/users/vaandel/Forum/SSI.php"); ?>

And wallah! Awesome, and thanks for the quick reply Kindred. 

[Kindred]

yeah... the absolute path works even better...
as an explanation:
What I posted was the relative path - what you posted - since it started with a "/" meant that the system THOUGHT you were giving it an absolute path and thus was unable to include the file that you required - causing a catastrophic failure which WordPress attempted to hide/bypass.