linking to css in localhost getting lost in multiple pages - php

I just recently installed XAMPP and have been trying to get my former website which was hosted online to work in it.
Everythings okay until I navigate past my baseurl. To make matters a bit more complicated, i've been the page using jquery-mobile so all the content is fetched through AJAX.
baseurl = 127.0.0.1/mobilebrowsergame/
When I refresh(start) on this page, everythings okay because it uses the default root for the CSS files.
However, if I start/refresh on a page a bit deeper, ie.
127.0.0.1/mobilebrowsergame/structure/1
The css obviously doesnt work.
I originally included <?php echo base_url() ?>css/stylesheet.css ?> but was forced to remove the base_url() because it wasn't loading under localhost.
At this point, I'm at a loss. I don't know how to tackle this without creating a new CSS for ever page under the base.
Any ideas?

It looks like you are pointing to your CSS files using a relative URL. If you prepend a path with /, it will automatically start at the web serve root (in this case, 127.0.0.1), instead of at the current directory.
i.e. Try this
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/mobilebrowsergame/css/stylesheet.css" />

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Looks like this site was not written to be run from within a
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(And btw., setting DOCUMENT_ROOT to an HTTP URL is complete nonsense.)
– CBroe
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<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/common.js"></script>
becomes
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/common.js"></script>
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wwwroot/Sitename/
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