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

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 AFAIK, include '/somedir/somefile.php'; looks for that specific file in that specific path because you gave an absolute path. If you do include 'somedir/somefile.php'; then it looks in all paths in the include path and appends somedir/somefile.php. So if your include path contained /usr/share/php/PEAR for example and somefile.php was at /usr/share/php/PEAR/somedir/ then it would find it. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com