Re: include() statement hell!

Hi Rick, Yes, this is the first thing I checked. Thanks for your suggestion. ...Brad "Rick Emery" <remery@excel.com> wrote in message news:EAA093B474ABD311A71E00508B5FE08305C2D3C0@adntex03.us.excel.com... > did you start each include file with: > <?php > ?> > > If not, PHP treats the code within as straight text > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Melendy [mailto:brad@techknow.biz] > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 5:03 PM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! > > > Ok, I've spent some time reading the docs at php.net and I'm still confused. > > After a couple hours, I have an include file working with a statement like: > > include ("dblib.inc"); > > However, to add to my confusion, I've got a second include file statement on > the next line: > > include ("userlib.inc"); > > And that doesn't work. > > Most crazy of all, if I just put the darn functions all in the PHP file that > is trying to call the include files, everything works perfectly. > > So far I have my include_path line in the pho.ini file set to no value since > I'm just using include files that exist in the same directory as the calling > php file. this after I could NOT get the files to be properly recognized > from their own include directory. As far as I'm concerned, you should be > able to include a relative path with the included filename and have it work. > Too bad that doesn't work in PHP. > > So, long story short, I'm about to give up on include statements and just > copy and paste my functions all over the place. Does anyone have any ideas > why this is so difficult for me? What am I missing? This stuff is easy in > ASP but PHP is giving me serious heart-ache. :-( > > Thanks for any tips or suggestions. > > ....Brad > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php