Bug #74916 [Opn->Fbk]: include path takes / as being user's home dir

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74916&edit=1 ID: 74916 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: jmichae3 at yahoo dot com Summary: include path takes / as being user's home dir -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Bug Package: Unknown/Other Function Operating System: nix PHP Version: 7.1.7 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Are you running in a chroot-ed environment? > not the html web directory you put your html files into. It would not do that anyways. /somefile.php will be relative to the root of the filesystem, but if you're in a chroot then "root of the filesystem" will be different from the actual root. > why not a separate command like include_webhome or include_webdir Add four more of those functions? No thank you. Use $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2017-07-13 04:12:11] jmichae3 at yahoo dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74916&edit=1