Re: Includes and paths problem

I found the problem, but not sure why it is a problem. Consider the following.... main.php has the following two lines: $_CONF['path'] = 'd:/websites/project/login'; include($_CONF['path'] . '/login.php'); login.php has the following lines: include($_CONF['path'] . '/checklogin.php); include($_CONF['path'] . '/messages.inc); This is where the errors are happening, but if I put $_CONF['path'] = 'd:/websites/project/login'; in login.php it works. So my question is this. Since main.php includes login.php (making them essentially one file) why would I have to duplicate $_CONF['path'] = 'd:/websites/project/login'; in login.php. From my thinking this would give me two lines the same, or am I missing something again. Thanks for the help. C.R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> To: "'C.R.'" <odcs@rogers.com>; "'PHP General'" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:18 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Includes and paths problem > Are you absolutely sure that $_CONF['path'] is set at the place you're > calling it? It doesn't look like it. PHP is looking for /messages.inc, > which would be in the root of the C: drive, instead of having the whole > path. > > Right before line 36 or 42, try to echo out the value of > $_CONF['path']... > > Echo "Value is: {$_CONF['path']}"; > Include(...); > > ---John W. Holmes... > > PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy > today. http://www.phparch.com/ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: C.R. [mailto:odcs@rogers.com] > > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 10:04 PM > > To: holmes072000@charter.net; 'PHP General' > > Subject: Re: [PHP] Includes and paths problem > > > > It doesn't work. This is what I have been fighting with for months > with > > various scripts I've been working on. I basically already had what you > > suggested, and I just changed it to exactly what you suggested - and > the > > same bloody thing happens. Error after error after error. > > > > This is my path "d:/websites/project/login" > > > > This is how I assigned it - <? $_CONF['path'] = > > 'd:/websites/project/login'; ?> > > > > This is how I include files - include($_CONF['path'] . > '/whatever.php'); > > > > This is what I get - > > > > Warning: main(/messages.inc) [function.main]: failed to create stream: > No > > such file or directory in d:\websites\project\login\login.php on line > 36 > > Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening '/messages.inc' for > > inclusion (include_path='.;D:\PHP\includes') in > > d:\websites\project\login\login.php on line 36 > > > > Warning: main(/checklogin.php) [function.main]: failed to create > stream: > > No > > such file or directory in d:\websites\project\login\login.php on line > 42 > > > > Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening '/checklogin.php' for > > inclusion (include_path='.;D:\PHP\includes') in > > d:\websites\project\login\login.php on line 42 > > > > this is line 36 - include($_CONF['path'] . '/messages.inc'); > > this is line 42 - include($_CONF['path'] . '/checklogin.php'); > > > > messages.inc and checklogin.inc do exist in > 'd:/websites/project/login'. > > > > So what am I doing wrong? > > > > Thanks > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@charter.net> > > To: "'C.R.'" <odcs@rogers.com>; "'PHP > > General'" <php- > > general@lists.php.net> > > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 8:17 PM > > Subject: RE: [PHP] Includes and paths problem > > > > > > > > When you say "absolute" is this absolute to your root directory of > > > your > > > > website or your computer. Sorry if this sounds stupid, but I have > been > > > > struggling with this for some time and want to be sure I'm doing > this > > > > right. > > > > So in your example ($_CONF['path'] = '/home/web/www/site';) > > > > - what > is > > > this > > > > in relation to? Oh, by the way - this is Windows 2000 server using > IIS > > > > (not > > > > my idea). > > > > > > To your computer. So, for windows, you could have something like > this: > > > > > > $_CONF['path'] = 'C:/inetpub/wwwroot/site'; > > > > > > for example. Then you just use that to build your includes. If you > want > > > to include the file 'include.php' that's in the root of your web > site, > > > then you can use > > > > > > include($_CONF['path'] . '/include.php'); > > > > > > from any file on your site, no matter what directory or subdirectory > > > it's in. > > > > > > ---John W. Holmes... > > > > > > PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your > copy > > > today. http://www.phparch.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > >