Re: file knowing its own directory

the magic constant __FILE__ will give you the absolut filesystem location of the file it is called. Eg: /home/www/tests/foo.php -> <?php echo __FILE__ ; ?> will print: '/home/www/tests/foo.php'; to retrieve the path only you could do: /home/www/tests/foo.php -> <?php echo str_replace( basename ( __FILE__ ) , '' , __FILE__ ); ?> will print: '/home/www/tests/'; hope this helps :-) Dennis Gearon wrote:

please CC me 'cause I am on digest the scenario: three files:

      .htaccess
         has line saying "php_prepend 'true_filesystem_location_php_prepend_file' "
      prepend.php (aforementioned prepend file)
         has line saying "include file_a.php"
      file_a.php
         has line saying"$my_true_file_system_location = I_NEED_A_FUNCTION_HERE;"

So, what do I replace I_NEED_A_FUNCTION_HERE with?