OT? super included needed....

Hiya :) The last time I had a fast question like this, this list was kind enough to help me out - in fact I contracted a PHP programmer from a reply to my last desperat need :) Hopefully, this is not too off topic, if so, I will not post any future questions here in this way. One of the reasons to put it HERE is that this is the best place to find PHP4 savvy people... Why post? ========= I am fairly sure someone has one of these floating around out there! The problem =========== I want to be able to "include" files into my webpages, but also maintain the ability to over-ride the files if need be. So, consider.... / index.html snippets/ menu.html footer.html department1/ index.html people.html department2/ index.html costs.html snippets/ menu.html inventory/ index.html Postulate a function, called "super_include( filename, extradir )" where filename was something to be found ( menu.html? ) and extradir was the name of a optional supplemental directory ( snippets ). In the case of /department2/inventory/index.html, super_include( 'menu.html', 'snippets' ) should find and include /department2/snippets/menu.html. In the case of /department2/inventory/index.html, super_include( 'footer.html', 'snippets' ) should find and include /snippets/footer.html. In the case of /department1/index.html, super_include( 'footer.html', 'snippets' ) should find and include /snippets/footer.html. In theory, this could nest rather deeply, with each file picking up the element "deepest" that satisfies the needs if super_include. In a perfect world, it would do this in URL-space, not filesystem-space so that it woudl know enough to stop at the top level of the website... BUT if if had to happen at the filesystem level (the directory functions) a config file could define the highest level to go to. Ken --- Soulhuntre (icq# 275066) http://www.soulhuntre.com - my world http://www.dotpublishing.com - my income http://www.virtualchemy.com - my company http://www.the-estate.com - my passion