Re: Include fails when "./" is in front of file name

---- Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Daniel Brown wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Noah Spitzer-Williams <noahsw@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Here's the error I get: > >> > >> Warning: include(.\file.inc.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: > >> No such file or directory in C:\Inetpub\httpdocs\test.php on line 3 > >> > >> Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '.\file.inc.php' for > >> inclusion (include_path='.;.\includes;.\pear') in > >> C:\Inetpub\httpdocs\test.php on line 3 > > > > If you're going to use Windows-style paths, try escaping your > > slashes and see what happens. > > > > <?php > > include(".\\file.inc.php"); > > ?> > > People seem to be missing the point here. These are PUBLIC applications that > are failing to work for Noah. He should not need to re-write PHPMyAdmin in > order to get it to work? > > Next people will be saying that we should re-write PHP if it does not work for > us. > > Noah - I know that some 'security' has been added to the include function, but > I'm not sure why you are having problems. I'm running applications on windows > and Linux and the "./otherdir/" select is working fine. > > -- Funny, none of the code *I* have seen posted to the list looks like it it phpMyAdmin or anything else public.... And since when did basic debugging mean you look past the basics? Noah- Change the includes to REQUIRE and see if the path that it outputs helps you out any with trying to figure out where things have gone wrong. HTH, Wolf