note 90339 added to function.ini-set

After lots of research, including combing through the helpful comments on this page, I've found this is the most useful way of accessing a folder of includes at the root of a website from any page.. I simply add this line at the top of each of my .php pages: <? ini_set("include_path", "." .PATH_SEPARATOR. "../" .PATH_SEPARATOR. "../../" .PATH_SEPARATOR. "../../../"); ?> This configures the include_path directive to look for include files up to 3 folders *above* the current file Note: Using the PATH_SEPARATOR constant instead of ";" or ":" covers both Windows & Unix php installations. Also keep in mind that if some of your pages are any deeper than 3 folders, you will need to add more paths.. Then any include statements (where includes are kept in a folder called "includes" at the root) look like this: <? include("includes/header.inc.php"); ?> Hope this helps. - gabe m ---- Server IP: 66.207.199.35 Probable Submitter: 24.82.171.23 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/90339 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/90339 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/90339 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php