Re: not so happy with include()

include_once("$DOCUMENT_ROOT/include/sb.inc.php"); done. -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com "Christian Dechery" <cdechery@easynet.com.br> wrote in message news:5.0.0.25.2.20011007191951.01d06eb0@pop3.norton.antivirus... > I'm working in quite a BIG system in PHP now... I have up to 6 .inc.php > (library files) so far... > > I have the following directory tree.. > > /vitrine (main program files) > /vitrine/include (include dir, where the .inc.php resides) > /vitrine/adm (the administration panel, with login etc...) > > the problem is that within the files in /adm I do some requires() and > includes()... and within the .inc.php's also... so I'd have something like... > > /vitrine/adm/admin.php > <? > require("../include/lib.inc.php"); > require("../include/error.inc.php"); > // etc... > ?> > > /vitrine/include/lib.inc.php > <? > require_once("../include/db.inc.php"); > // etc... > ?> > > this works fine when I am at /adm... but once I move to /vitrine none of > the includes-within-includes works because of the relative dirs... I can't > use include_path cuz I don't have access to php.ini... what do I do??? > > _____________________________ > . Christian Dechery > . . Gaita-L Owner / Web Developer > . . http://www.webstyle.com.br > . . http://www.tanamesa.com.br >