Re: best way to properly build an include path *regardless* from where I am calling the include?

On Jul 5, 2009, at 2:33 PM, Govinda wrote:

I am confusing myself reading the docs just now. i.e.: include_path basename() and dirname() I had thought from many months ago that <?php include '/somedir/somefile.php'; ?> would include somefile.php living in somedir regardless from where in the site structure I am calling it. Now it does not seem to be doing that. What is the safest (portable) way to properly build an include path *regardless* from where in my site I am calling the include? If I understand right I can put includes in a dir/ specified by the include_path setting, but I also want to know how to do this from just within the root of my virtual server. -Govinda

in my include statement, I am now successfully using: /home/metheuser/public_html/ and am not anticipating moving this site.. but still I am thinking there must be a way to make the code bullet proof to dir/ name changes *after* the virtual server root. Or do people just stop here?