Bug #74916 [NEW]: include path takes / as being user's home dir

From: jmichae3 at yahoo dot com Operating system: nix PHP version: 7.1.7 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Bug Bug description:include path takes / as being user's home dir Description: ------------ include "/somefile.php"; pulls in a file from the home directory on the server (login root dir), not the html web directory you put your html files into. Test script: --------------- include "/somefile.php"; Expected result: ---------------- should include from web root (unless you want to run php as a general scripting language for general tasks - why not a separate command like include_webhome or include_webdir?) Actual result: -------------- includes from root dir, which on windows would be c:\ -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74916&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=74916&r=mysqlcfg