Re: include path file errors

kmh496 wrote: > 2006-04-08 (토), 18:20 +0900, kmh496 쓰시길: > >>hi, >>my webroot is >> >>/a/b/current/ >> >>i am in /a/b/current/d/file.php >> >>file.php has a line >> >>require_once ($_SERVER[document_root]."/d/common.php"); >> >>common.php has a line which says >> >>require_once ($_SERVER[document_root]."/_common.php"); >>// main include file for whole site >> >>it sends me no errors about missing files, but the variables inside main >>include file _common.php are not set and don't exist in file.php >> >>where is my mistake? > > I am going to say this is screwed up. i can't include a file inside > another included file and access its variables. all i can do is include > the main file in every single file in a backwards manner -- reaching > down the chain -- because i find that if i do 2 includes then the > initail data is no longer included. but sometimes there is magic going > on, but then i move one file and then the whole system breaks, it makes > me crazy. > > even more so because i can't explain it well because it's so freaky. > > is there no tutorial on advanced php with all this include stuff? > > i RTMFM but the page didn't address advanced questions like that. and > despite my english i believe i am advanced level. > > thankx everybody. > > joseph Just a thought: Are your variable definitions, by any chance, inside functions? That would explain why they aren't set when you continue. The 'global' statement will help in that case. I can assure you that includes are not "advanced PHP". You should be able to do what you are trying to do. There is no doubt a simple explanation for your problem. Finding it is always the hard part. Patience and perserverence and calm rational thought will get you there. Good luck. John