Re: HEEELP...please

$DOCUMENT_ROOT is now $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] unless register_globals is on. You need include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../lib/somefile.conf'; take care, Greg -- phpDocumentor http://www.phpdoc.org <pippo@bellnet.ca> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.2.20030109194115.00b32880@mail.host45.com... > I absolutely cannot understand the include_path directive. > Can somebody, please, explain this? > I have a situation that I find absolutely incomprehensible: I moved my > experimental web-site from FreeBSD 4.5 running php4 v. 4.0 (or something), > apache 1.13 where thesite worked just fine to another box with FreeBSD 4.7 > running php4 v. 4.2.3, apache 1.13.27_1. > All of a sudden, I get the message: > Warning: Failed opening '/../lib/somefile.conf' for inclusion > (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /usr/local/www/html/index.php on > line 6 > > I can find nothing in the httpd.conf files that could account for this; > there is no configuration in them for include_path. > > Obviously, the php file is being parsed correctly, but there is a problem > with the line : > include "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/../lib/somefile.conf". > > It works on one machine, but not on the latest version of php4 an apache. > > I see there are others on the net who have had this problem, but I have not > yet found an explanation or a cure. > > HEEEEELP.... please, > > PJ > > > > >