Re: include() syntax

You probably want to edit your php.ini file to change your default search path. vi find / -name php.ini -print :) -jeremy brand _______________________________________________________________________ GnuPG Fingerprint: 9F5E 95E0 1CC2 E054 84EA 6099 8ACD 9DBA D2C0 5EA9 _ http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more __ On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, David Askov wrote: > Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:08:02 -0600 MDT > From: David Askov <dca@riverside.com> > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] include() syntax > > Hi all, > > I'm trying to work through include function syntax. I am working in a > directory called "news" and trying to include a file in a directory next to it > called "inc". Both directories are under "/dca" of the server's root. > > When I try to include "../inc/links.php" it works just fine, but I'd prefer to > specify a pathname from the server root than a relative pathname. That > way, I could use the same call from any level of the directory structure. I > guess the problem is that php treats that as a URL, not a local pathname. > > When I try to include the file from the web server root path, > "/dca/inc/links.php", I get a parse error "Warning: failed opening". > > When I try this: > include("http://" . $SERVER_NAME . > "/dca/inc/linklist.php"); > The file gets included and executes, but no variables that were previously > set are used, so the links.php does not produce the desired results. > > I get similar results from the require function. I fiddled with fopen() a little, > but concluded that I should ask for help at that point. Any ideas or > suggestions please? > > Thanks, David > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > David Askov > dca@riverside.com > > Riverside Technology, inc. > 2290 E. Prospect Rd., Suite 1 > Fort Collins, CO 80521 > http://www.riverside.com > P: (970)484-7573 > F: (970)484-7593 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >