Re: Difficulties including scripts from another folder (apache2.2, PHP5, Vista)

On Fri, 2007-06-08 at 04:29 +0100, brice wrote: > Hi, > > I was wondering if anybody had any ideas about how to tackle this problem: > > I have just set up Apache2.2 and php5 on VISTA using mod_php. Php page load > work fine for most things. However, when i try to separate some .php files > for inclusion throughout the website in a separate folder to the visited > pages, I get a non-verbose error which stops the php script working. the > rest of the page (the html) looks fine, but the script doesn't do anything, > and doesn't print an error message (i did NOT use @include, but include) > > the folders go like this: > > e:\httpdocs\php-bin\foo.inc.php >>>>file to be included > e:\httpdocs\documents\index.php >>>>file doing the including > > where: > -php.ini is loaded correctly in c:\windows\php.ini, as shown by phpinfo(), > and where #include_path = ".;e:\httpdocs\php-bin"# > -the call to foo.inc.php is in the head element of index.php as #<?php > require(".\foo.inc.php"); ?># > -the apache doc root is e:\httpdocs\ > > I have tried making sure that the include path was correct by using: > #ini_set("include_path", > "e:\httpdocs\php-bin");# as well as > #set_include_path("e:\httpdocs\php-bin");#, but to no avail. > > the only way to make this work is by using this: > #require("..\php-bin\foo.inc.php");# , but i shouldn't have to do that as i > have set my include_path correctly ( i think). This will cause major > headaches as the website grows, since each page will have to be customised > for the level in the hierachy. > > any ideas why that is and how it could be solved? Yes, learn to escape your backslashes. They are special characters when using double quotes. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'