note 74859 added to function.include

I wanted that included files behave like in C/C++ and this was killing me. So I created this function that really helped me (Note: You should add these lines to EVERY included file). Code Lines: <? $FILE_PATH = preg_replace_callback( '/(.*)(\\\?.*?)\s*;\1(\\\?.*?)\s*$/', create_function( '$matches', '$path = str_replace("\\\", "/",(isset($matches[2])? preg_replace( \'/(?:^\/|^\\\\\)?[^\/\\\\\]+(?:\/|\\\\\)?/\', "../",$matches[2]):"./"). (isset($matches[3])?$matches[3]:"")); return !empty($path)? "$path/" : "./";' ) ,realpath("./").";".dirname(__FILE__) ); ?> Usage Example: Files hierarchy for example /www/file.php /include/secondfile.php /include/test/anotherfile <? //file.php //i will not include the code lines in example to avoid repetition but you have to // --- FILE_PATH code lines here --- // include the file relative to the caller position remember to use a relative path from each file to desired file include ($FILE_PATH . "../../include/secondfile.php"); ?> <? //secondfile.php // --- FILE_PATH code lines here --- //note that path used is in reference to secondfile.php's path and not the original caller's(file.php) path include ($FILE_PATH . "test/anotherfile"); //or include ($FILE_PATH . "./test/anotherfile"); ?> <? //anotherfile /* --- some mixed content here --- */ ?> Now you can do recursive includes to files inside already included files using each file's path as reference, like in c/c++!!! I'd tested this just in WINXP (PHP Version 4.4.1), so, I dont know how it behaves in other OS/PHP-Versions. Any additional suggestions or bugs, please let me know. ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 64.237.231.136 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/74859 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/74859 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/74859 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php