Re: Possible feature for current version of PHP or PHP 4.1/5.0.

On Monday, July 9, 2001, at 09:42 PM, Andi Gutmans wrote:

At 04:04 PM 7/9/2001 -0500, Brian Moon wrote:

It is not so much BC. It is more like unexpected new behavior. As of now, a bad programmer might have this: /www/site.com/include/file.php /www/site.com/include/config.php /www/site.com/index.php /www/site.com/config.php if index.php includes include/file.php which includes "config.php", the config in the main dir gets included. Now, in the future, if the main config.php is not there, the one in the include file gets included. Now, granted, this may not be the best case, but it would cause some confusion if someone was not well aware of this change. I am still +1, but think it should be at least a 4.1 thing.

Does others also think it should wait for 4.1 or later? If so I'll leave it for now (I'll have more free time :).

I have about ~200 files that use the behavior of the current version. In some cases, to an (internal) advantage. I'll alter the example a bit, to clarify the difference between my includes and "page" files: /www/site.com/include/file.inc /www/site.com/include/config.inc /www/site.com/index.php /www/site.com/config.php and add a few more: /www/site.com/file.inc /www/site.com/config.inc /www/site.com/semi-seekrit/include/file.inc /www/site.com/semi-seekrit/include/config.inc /www/site.com/super-seekrit/include/file.inc /www/site.com/super-seekrit/include/config.inc Regardless of how we handle it , it may break code that relies on the prior behaviours.... 4.1 might be good, in those circumstances. I _do_ think it's "broken", but, unfortunately, I do not share a brain with all of my coding staffers, so this code style (error?) has crept in. -Ronabop --2D426F70|759328624|00101101010000100110111101110000 ron@opus1.com, 520-326-6109, http://www.opus1.com/ron/ The opinions expressed in this email are not necessarily those of myself, my employers, or any of the other little voices in my head.