PHP includes aren't working in CI

[eluser]KeyStroke[/eluser]
Hi,

I'm basically trying to include some common code in my View files (like the navigation, footer...etc), but every time I include them, I get an error saying that PHP couldn't open the file, even though it's actually there. If I do this out of CodeIgniter, it works just fine.

Is there anything I should change in CI before I could use includes or something?

I'm including files from the root directory of my site by the way.

Appreciate your help