Re: PHP Variables across files

Jay, to make variables.inc available from wherever you are, set the value of include_path in your php.ini or httpd.conf or .htaccess t something like ".:/path/to/where/variables.inc/is:/other/paths" as an alternative, use the auto_prepend_file directive to include variables.inc before any script. See the 'configuration' section in the php manual on how to do this. Cheers, Ben Jay Klehr wrote: > > Hey all, > > I have a question about using a variable across multiple PHP files. > > I want to set a path variable such as: $root_path = /www2/yoursite/docs > > and I want this variable to be able to be changed in case the site is moved > to another server that has a different root path. > > I was thinking that I could put this variable into another include file, > such as variables.inc and then include or require this file in the script. > However, what if these multiple PHP files that will use this variable are > spread across multiple directories? I can't really just do this: > include("variables.inc") because variables.inc won't be in the same > directory as that particular PHP file. So once again I am presented with > the same problem of telling these PHP scripts where to look for files. > > Is there a simple solution in PHP that I am overlooking? Some sort of > cross-PHP file GLobal variable I can set or something? =) > > I'm REALLY new at PHP, but fairly knowledgeable in PERL, so I'm still trying > to make the switch over. > > Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide, and I hope I can > participate a lot on this list. > > Thanks again, > > Jay Klehr > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net