Re: Re: Making includes easy.... Am I a 'tard?

Patrick Roane wrote:

The inludes folder is thrown around as more of a generic term for a directory that includes important files. Is this a pretty good definition for the purpose of an 'includes' folder?

Sure, that's a fine definition. And the setup that I proposed isn't the only way to do it, but the basic idea is this: if you have a common file that gets included with every script then you can use the directory where this file is located as your "home" directory.

Also, I've seen the following syntax before: (__FILE__). Why the underscores? thanks-

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