note 103224 modified in function.set-include-path by danbrown

include_path is not taking in consideration by very commonly used functions such as file_exists(), the following hack can come handy to override that <?php function suchFile($file) // like file_exists() but takes in consideration include_path { if(!file_exists($file)) { $paths=explode(PATH_SEPARATOR,get_include_path()); foreach($paths as $p) if(file_exists(preg_replace('%/$%','',$p)."/$file")) return true; return false; } else return true; } ?> --was-- include_path is not taking in consideration by very commonly used functions such as file_exists(), the following hack can come handy to override that <?php function suchFile($file) // like file_exists() but takes in consideration include_path { if(!file_exists($file)) { $paths=explode(PATH_SEPARATOR,get_include_path()); foreach($paths as $p) if(file_exists(preg_replace('%/$%','',$p)."/$file")) return true; return false; } else return true; } http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-include-path.php