note 58578 added to function.dirname

Here's a function to get the relative path of an included file: The return path is relative to the script that is called. so... /somedir/test.php that includes a file: "/other_dir/include/incfile.inc" will get "../other_dir/include/" if the function is called from incfile.inc: rel_path_for_included_file(__FILE__); function rel_path_for_included_file($magic_file_constant){ $included_from_root=str_replace($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/","",dirname($magic_file_constant)); $root_from_script=dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])=='/' ? './' : str_repeat("../", substr_count(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']), "/")); return $root_from_script.$included_from_root."/"; } I use this within object class files that include other supporting files. It gets gid of the need to specify an INSTALL_DIRECTORY variable for my utilities. Please let me know if there's a better way to do this. (I think the __FILE__ constant may require some help on windows.) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.dirname.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+58578 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+58578&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+58578&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php