Re: nested includes fails?

I'm not familiar with Linux/Apache, but if they run as Windows/IIS pair, then I'm afraid that "php.ini" would be shared among all developers hosting on a single server and my include dir would expose its contents to other app-s. Though below may be another workaround: <?php ini_set('include_dir', '....'); include('blahblahblah'); ?> "Kamesh Jayachandran" <kameshj@fastmail.fm> wrote in message news:1083666449.25843.3.camel@linux.local... > Any reason why you want to use require_once with same filename with > different paths? > Why don't you set a include_dir as your e:\...\myapp\inc and just > require 'common.php'. > > With regards > Kamesh Jayachandran > > > > On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 15:49, Tumurbaatar S. wrote: > > A brief directory structure: > > > > "e:\...\myapp\" - this my web apps root and it contains several > > subdirs: > > "e:\...\myapp\members\" - a normal, web shared subdir > > "e:\...\myapp\inc\" - an include subdir where are located all my > > include files and this subdir is not web shared > > > > (though my Inetpub dir is located in C:, I use IIS's virtual app/dir > > located in a different volume E:) > > > > The above "inc" subdir contains "common.php" which is used by > > all other script files located anywhere under app root and subdirs. > > So if a script is located in the "inc" subdir, then it may start with: > > > > <?php require_once('common.php') ?> > > > > If a script is in the root dir, then: > > > > <?php require_once('inc/common.php') ?> > > > > and if it is in other subdirs (e.g. "members"): > > > > <?php require_once('../inc/common.php') ?> > > > > Finally, when my script located in 'members' needs some > > include file from the "inc" dir, I include it in this manner: > > > > <?php require_once('../inc/some_include.php') ?> > > > > and I do not include "common.php" directly because > > "some_include.php" starts with: > > > > <?php require_once('common.php') ?> > > > > I.e. a rule is: > > a script does not include "common.php" if it includes > > some other include file because that include file already > > includes "common.php". > > > > That works fine untill I included 2 and more files: > > > > <?php require_once('../inc/some_include.php') ?> > > <?php require_once('../inc/other_include.php') ?> > > > > where each of these include files includes "common.php". > > In this case, "common.php" is included in a calling script > > file 2 times, even "require_once()" is used. And this leads > > to a trouble. > > Currently, I use absolute pathes hoping that when my app > > moves to Linux/Appache, relative pathes will work normally. > > > >