note 21672 deleted from function.require by sniper

Note Submitter: sbeam@syxyz.net ---- rather than messing with $DOCUMENT_ROOT, relative paths and all that headache-inducing stuff, use php's 'include_path' configuration directive to get your require()'ds working without any fuss: -make a directory outside your web root for your files to be required()/included(). -if you use Apache, put in a .htaccess file in your top-level web dir the line php_value include_path /path/to/your/new/include/dir (make it absolute) if you use another web server you could edit the "include_path" directive in php.ini (if you use pear or other 3rd-party libs, make sure the paths to those are also in your include_path, separated with colons) thats it. now you can require("some_file.php"); from anywhere in your filesystem. php knows where to look for it.