Re: how to get the absolute path of an included file?

Thanks all who replied. So the include path used in file2.php should be relative to the working directory where file2.php is located. Yes, I have error_reporting=E_ALL in my php.ini. The log shows include_path=.|xxxx. But in my situation, it took me a while to figure out what that '.' really means because file2.php is not an actual file on the filesystem. file2.php is a PHP content element in a web application. Anyway, I've figured out. Bing > 2006/4/27, Bing Du <bdu@iastate.edu>: >> >> Hello, >> >> Here are the two scripts. The result is 'var is' rather than 'var is >> foo'. My suspect is I did not set the file path right in 'include'. So >> in file2.php, how should I get the actual absolute path it really gets >> for >> file1.php? Is it stored in some environment variable or something? I'd >> appreciate any help. >> >> file1.php >> >> => <?php >> $var = 'foo'; >> ?> >> => >> file2.php >> >> => <?php >> >> include '/some/path/file1.php'; >> echo "var is $var"; >> ?> >> => >> Thanks, >> >> Bing >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> > Activate reporting of all errors either through php.ini or > error_reporting(E_ALL); > Use include_once instead of include. That way the program will stop if it > couldn't include the file. > Try using a relative path to the file. >