note 51601 added to function.include

Problems resolving paths in includes in your PHP? Now you can use relative Paths in your includes and requires! Include this function somewhere in the main script: /** * @desc Resolve real script include path from relative path given in include file * @param $path_str String Relative path used in include or require * @return String Shortened path */ function relativeToScript($relativePath) { // all vars should be absolute $projectFile = $_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]; $currentFile = __FILE__; $documentRoot = $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]; /* Strip back to webroot BSD may might give back $currentFile = /usr/home/* $documentRoot = /home/*, so this step IS indeed important! */ $currentFile = substr($currentFile, strpos($currentFile, $documentRoot)+strlen($documentRoot)); $projectFile = substr($projectFile, strpos($projectFile, $documentRoot)+strlen($documentRoot)); // Dissolve both paths to shared root $stripLength = 0; while (((strlen($projectFile)>$stripLength) && (strlen($currentFile)>$stripLength)) && ($projectFile[$stripLength]==$currentFile[$stripLength])) { $stripLength++; } $currentFile = substr($currentFile, $stripLength); $projectFile = substr($projectFile, $stripLength); // Start new path $newPath = ''; // Backtrace Project-root; No windows-compat! for ($i=0; $i<strlen($projectFile); $i++) { if ($projectFile[$i]=="/") { $newPath .= "../"; } } // Forward to current file root $newPath .= dirname($currentFile)."/".$relativePath; return $newPath; } Now when your're calling an include, from an include in the main script it should give back the right path so PHP wil lbe able to fidn your include. Example: index.php : function relativeToScript() {} include('directory/class.readloud.php'); directory/class.readloud.php: include(relativeToScript('EXCEL/class.Reader.php')); include(relativeToScript('../config.php')); ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51601 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51601&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51601&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51601&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51601&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51601&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51601&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php