Re: non-inheriting includes

Ha Ha! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again, Ryan On Wed, Jun 14, 2000 at 04:10:58PM -0600, Zak Greant wrote: > Hi Ryan, > > The __FILE__ constant contains the full path to the file currently being > parsed. > You could use this in conjunction with the dirname function to ensure that > you were including files that were relative to the file that you were > currently in. > > For Example: > > $inc_path = dirname (__FILE__); > include ("$inc_path/filename"); > > HTH, > > Zak > > At 06:06 PM 6/14/00 -0400, Ryan Adams wrote: > >Hi all, > > > >Does anyone know if there is a method of including files such that > >when the include is nested it does not inherit the $PHP_SELF of the > >top document? > > > >for instance > >/test/otherdir/mydoc.php includes ./myfolder/file1 and ./myfolder/file2 > >Then, /somedir/somefile.php includes /test/otherdir/mydoc.php. > > > >Rather than mydoc.php trying to include /somedir/myfolder/file1 > >and /somedir/myfolder/file2, it should include /test/otherdir/myfolder/file1 > >and /test/otherdir/myfolder/file2. > > > >I'm trying to do this without passing around a variables (due to code > >overhead/management issues) and without using absolute references (due to > >code > >portability issues). > > > >Anyone? Please? > > > >-Ryan > > > >*************************** > >Ryan Adams > >Online Systems Development > >The University of Georgia > >Athens, GA 30602 > >(706) 583-0344 > >radams@fcs.uga.edu > >*************************** > > > >-- > >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 > > Zak Greant > Creative Director > Nucleus Information Service Inc. > > "I am rather like a mosquito in a nudist camp: I know what I ought to do, > but I don't know where to begin." > - Stephen Bayne > > > -- > 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 ---end quoted text---