You know that "dot" files are hidden files ? ...
Yes, but I think this only is in contexts where directories are scanned by some application "respecting" this method of hiding - and that they otherwise are normal files when addressed explicitly.
However, there seems to be something else about dotfiles and PHP (or FreeBSD or my particular systems) I don't know.
If you want to use them, try to fread() them.
Interesting idea. I will play with that.
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Until something is clearer I recommend PHP-people using
require '.mydotfile'; or
include '.mydotfile'; (I tried that as well)
to watch out for unexpected behavior and maybe entirely avoid this in PHP-solutions intended to be portable. At least at my computer it wouldn't work and it is a very mainstream one! :-)
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BTW - there is no problem if I give the full path, like
require '/usr/home/frank/public_html/php_test/.mydotfile';
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Thanks to all for testing and suggestions.
Frank
HTH Oliver
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