RE: [PHP]include question, WHY doesn't this work...

have you tried giving the absolute path to the included file? include("/some/path/to/a/file.php"); -- Austin Gonyou Systems Architect, CCNA Coremetrics, Inc. Phone: 512-796-9023 email: austin@coremetrics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Unni [mailto:unni@malayalamovies.com] > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:53 PM > To: Chris Cocuzzo > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 >