Re: include question, WHY doesn't this work...

the lib directory is under the root directory, or the www directory, where all the normal files have been put. i figured out that the include worked better when I specified the entire system path. chris ----- Original Message ----- From: Unni <unni@malayalamovies.com> To: Chris Cocuzzo <cuzo@mediaone.net> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [PHP]include question, WHY doesn't this work... > Is the lib direcotory under the working directory, I mean, if your > program is excuting under temp directory, the lib directory has to be > below temp directory. If you are running this program from the root > directory then lib has to be below root directory. > Your code looks good to me. > One more thing I can think of is, do you read access to lib directory, > just curious. > > Chris Cocuzzo wrote: > > > hey- > > > > I have a piece of code which does a simply INSERT query into an mp3 table. > > I've tested it out, and it completes the query, however there is one bug > > that I just have no clue about. > > > > this code does not work when i try to connect to the db: > > include("lib/db_config.php"); > > > > $connection = db_connect("fplg"); > > if(!connection) { > > die(sql_error()); > > } > > the include fails and so the db_connect function is undefined. > > > > this code works: > > include("db_config.php"); > > > > $connection = db_connect("fplg"); > > if(!connection) { > > die(sql_error()); > > } > > > > I DO have a directory called lib in my root folder. am I calling the include > > wrong in that first piece. Note that I also tried the first one with a > > foward slash in front of the 'lib', but had no luck. > > > > help! > > chris > > > > > > >