RE: [PHP] include_once("blah"); vs $blah="blah"; include($blah);

The examples in the online manual indicate that it is ok to use the value of a variable for the file name: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php it also shows examples without the parentheses. Looks like (yet another) PHP bug to me. Maybe someone more knowledgeable can comment. > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry [mailto:henryg@markiteer.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:45 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] include_once("blah"); vs $blah="blah"; > include($blah); > > > No, the line number is just of the line in the > includING file of the > include_once statement. > > It's very odd, is this a known limitation of PHP i..e. > includes cannot have > variable or functional file names. > > i.e. > > It's ok to do > include_once("include/reallyimportantstuff.php"); > > But it's not ok to do any of the following: > > 1) > $filename="include/reallyimportantstuff.php"; > include_once($filename); > > 2) > include_once("include"."/reallyimportantstuff.php"); > > 3) > $root="include"; > include_once($root."/reallyimportantstuff.php"); > > ????? > > > Henry > > > "Jonathan Rosenberg" <jr@tabbysplace.org> wrote in message > news:NDBBLKBKIKFIPIFMDDNHMEEIGAAA.jr@tabbysplace.org... > > Hmmm ... does the line number in the error message point to > > something in the includeD file? I.e., might you > have some error > > in the file you are including? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Henry [mailto:henryg@markiteer.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:11 AM > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > Subject: Re: [PHP] include_once("blah"); vs $blah="blah"; > > > include($blah); > > > > > > > > > I did as you suggest with an interesting result: > > > > > > include_once "blah.php"; > > > > > > worked > > > > > > var $blah="blah.php"; > > > include_once $blah; > > > > > > gave the following error: > > > > > > Parse error: parse error in <including file> on line > > > <line number> > > > > > > > > > Where the <including file> is the file that was doing > > > the include! > > > > > > > > > > > > Previously include_once($blah) just messed up the > > > scoping and global vars! > > > > > > Henry > > > > > > "Jonathan Rosenberg" <jr@tabbysplace.org> wrote in message > > > > > > news:NDBBLKBKIKFIPIFMDDNHIEEGGAAA.jr@tabbysplace.org... > > > > Out of curiosity, try > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > global $root; > > > > $blah="include\blah.php"; > > > > include_once $blah; > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > & see if it behaves differently (i.e., no parens > around the > > > > include file name). > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Henry [mailto:henryg@markiteer.com] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 8:15 AM > > > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > > > Subject: [PHP] include_once("blah"); vs $blah="blah"; > > > > > include($blah); > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My web hosting company is running php 4.0.4pl1 > > > > > > > > > > Why should it be that these are different > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > > > global $root; > > > > > include_once("include\blah.php"); > > > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > > <?php > > > > > > > > > > global $root; > > > > > $blah="include\blah.php"; > > > > > include_once($blah); > > > > > > > > > > ?> > > > > > > > > > > When I say different I mean; > > > > > > > > > > 1) global variable are not avaiable in the > second version > > > > > 2) functions defined in the included file are not > > > > > accessable in the > > > > > including file. > > > > > 3) in both examples the file is included, its just the > > > > > scope that seem shot > > > > > > > > > > Any answers? > > > > > > > > > > Henry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >