trouble with include files

[laredotornado@zipmail.com]

Hi,

Here's my files and directories ...

util_fns.inc
hello.php
mirror_site/util_fns.inc
mirror_site/hello.php

On hello.php, I have the line

require("util_f ns.inc");

However, I would like the behavior to be that the included file is the
one that lives at the same level as "hello.php" . I'm noticing that the
"mirror_sit e/hello.php" file is including the "util_fns.i nc" top level
file when I want it to include the "mirror_sit e/util_fns.inc" file.
How can I enforce this behavior?

I would prefer not to create two separate hello.php files.

Thanks for any assistance. Using PHP 4.3 if that is useful, - Dave

[Marshall]

Re: trouble with include files

Try to set the actual directory to a variable. Something like:

$dir = getcwd();

and then use:

require($dir.'/hello.php');

Something like this would work.

Ah, by the way, don't let the extension be '.inc', put it with '.php'
in the end, if someone access your file in the browser, the browser
will display it as plain text letting everyone see your script.

[Dikkie Dik]

Re: trouble with include files

Try:
require(dirname (__FILE__) . '/util_fns.inc');

laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Here's my files and directories ...
>
util_fns.inc
hello.php
mirror_site/util_fns.inc
mirror_site/hello.php
>
On hello.php, I have the line
>
require("util_f ns.inc");
>
However, I would like the behavior to be that the included file is the
one that lives at the same level as "hello.php" . I'm noticing that the
"mirror_sit e/hello.php" file is including the "util_fns.i nc" top level
file when I want it to include the "mirror_sit e/util_fns.inc" file.
How can I enforce this behavior?
>
I would prefer not to create two separate hello.php files.
>
Thanks for any assistance. Using PHP 4.3 if that is useful, - Dave
>