Re: dirname(__FILE__)

On Tue Oct 15, 2002 at 06:1920PM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote: > I want to once more start a little discussion about how to include files > in pear packages. > > I for one intent to distribute all PEAR packages that I use as part of > my application because I don’t want my system to break when an admin > updates a pear package to a version that breaks BC etc. > > Therefore I would really welcome if people would use dirname(__FILE__) > in their includes in order that packages don’t have to be in the include > path. We should really make a clear final statement about this: According to Derick, dirname(__FILE__) does not have a performance issue and it really seems to be the best solution around. I'm +1 for adding this to the coding standards and to use this for all future contributions. Comments? -- - Martin Martin Jansen http://martinjansen.com/