Re: including files outside of document root

On Jan 22, 2008 8:09 PM, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > Nothing peeves me more than some badly-conceived web-app with no way > to move the include files out of the web-tree. You may disagree with me on this here, Rich, but the way I do it is to have a single include_files.php file containing all of the files that need to be included as a whole, and a single configuration variable to set where those files are located. I know that they don't all have to be included in that file, but I find it makes it easier, since I use all of them with every page load. I also employ a function safe_include($filename) that uses a combination of file_exists($filename), is_file($filename), and is_readable($filename). If the function fails, no PHP error message is output if the file can't be found, and the script doesn't necessarily halt. If it's a critical file, instead a message is dispatched to my email, and a friendly message is placed on the site informing the user that a technical error has been encountered and will be repaired ASAP. -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek and #1 Rated "Year's Coolest Guy" By Self Since Nineteen-Seventy-[mumble].