Re: include_path problem in executing program from root folder

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:05:05 +0000, Sharat Hegde <sharat_hegde@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > One of my PHP programs called dailybatch.php3 includes a file in its parent > directory. The link is > **** > include "../db_mysql.inc" > **** > > dailybatch.php3 is invoked from the crontab command or run from the command > line in the root /www folder, gives an error indicating that > "../db_mysql.inc not found". However, when you change to the folder where > dailybatch.php3 is present and execute the program, there are no errors and > the program executes. The include_path has "." folder in it. > > What could possibly be the problem with executing the program from the /www > folder? Make the include call to db_mysql.inc a full path. Cron isn't aware of much at all as far as system paths. ../ won't work obviously. -- Greg Donald http://destiney.com/