Re: what is the meaning of the following construct

> if ('@include_path@' != '@'.'include_path'.'@') { > ini_set('include_path', '@include_path@'); > } > I am not knowledgable about which program replaces these @include_path@ > with '/usr/local/lib/php'. The PEAR installer does this when it's installing a package. > Any way finally the installed code looks like the following > if ('/usr/local/lib/php' != '@'.'include_path'.'@') { > ini_set('include_path', '/usr/local/lib/php'); > } > So the if condition is absolutely not necessary. > Please correct me if I am wrong It is indeed quite strange code. It seems to check if it wasn't done correctly, and if so spcify the path itself, but that code wouldn't be done right anyway sine the @include_path@ never got translated... Cipri