include_path question

Hey, Any idea why it was decided "a zillion years ago" that if you define an include_path scripts from the current directory won't be opened unless the include_path includes .? For example if you have a script: /path/to/script.php which is your main script, i.e. PATH_TRANSLATED then include"foo.php" from within script.php won't open /path/to/foo.php unless include_path has "." or include_path is not defined at all. Is this how ppl remember it? Why is it like this? Andi --- Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/