Re: Absolute and relative paths ..... a quick explanation required

* Thus wrote Kevin McGinley (kevin@mc-ginley.com): > Hi all, > can anyone tell me how php paths are worked out Im just starting to use > php over asp so would appreciate the answer to the following > > If a file a.php includes a file b.php which includes a file c.php is the > include in file b.php relative to itself or the file that included it i.e. > a.php. php looks for files base on your include path setting in php.ini. I'm assuming your on windows so it defaults to: include_path = ".;c:\php\includes" Now going from that, php will first look for: .\c.php and .\b.php relative to where a.php is located. Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."