include problem

[meredith]

I'm running Debian Linux stable and PHP 4.1.2. My include_path is

'.:/php/includes:/usr/local/lib/php/:/usr/local/lib/php/smarty/'

Problem is,

include('/includes/foo.php');

doesn't work, returning a Failed opening error. If I put in the full
path, it works just fine. Do site-based absolute paths not work in
general, or is it a version problem, or what?
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[Jan Pieter Kunst]

Re: include problem

In article
<msnomer-160676.15384905 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net>,
meredith <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote:
[color=blue]
> include('/includes/foo.php');
>
> doesn't work, returning a Failed opening error. If I put in the full
> path, it works just fine. Do site-based absolute paths not work in
> general, or is it a version problem, or what?[/color]

The root of an absolute path in a PHP script is the 'real' filesystem
root, not the web server's 'document root'.

JP

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[meredith]

Re: include problem

In article <devnull-EC2171.21431705 042004@news1.ne ws.xs4all.nl>,
Jan Pieter Kunst <devnull@cauce. org> wrote:
[color=blue]
> In article
> <msnomer-160676.15384905 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net>,
> meredith <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > include('/includes/foo.php');
> >
> > doesn't work, returning a Failed opening error. If I put in the full
> > path, it works just fine. Do site-based absolute paths not work in
> > general, or is it a version problem, or what?[/color]
>
> The root of an absolute path in a PHP script is the 'real' filesystem
> root, not the web server's 'document root'.
>
> JP[/color]

Well, how annoying! So the only way to put in an absolute path (which is
necessary for subdirectories) is the append the "real" root? Bletch!
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[Pedro Graca]

Re: include problem

meredith wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, how annoying! So the only way to put in an absolute path (which is
> necessary for subdirectories) is the append the "real" root? Bletch![/color]

You can do:
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/include/foo.php';
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[Yannick Turgeon]

Re: include problem

Just to make sure there is no misunderstandin g. You can specify a file from
a subdirectory relatively (and not absolute). In your situation, if the
directory "includes" is a sibling of your main file you can include foo.php
like that:
include('includ es/foo.php') (Without the leading slash)

HTH

Yannick

"meredith" <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote in message
news:msnomer-1569B1.15585705 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net...[color=blue]
> In article <devnull-EC2171.21431705 042004@news1.ne ws.xs4all.nl>,
> Jan Pieter Kunst <devnull@cauce. org> wrote:
>[color=green]
> > In article
> > <msnomer-160676.15384905 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net>,
> > meredith <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> > > include('/includes/foo.php');
> > >
> > > doesn't work, returning a Failed opening error. If I put in the full
> > > path, it works just fine. Do site-based absolute paths not work in
> > > general, or is it a version problem, or what?[/color]
> >
> > The root of an absolute path in a PHP script is the 'real' filesystem
> > root, not the web server's 'document root'.
> >
> > JP[/color]
>
> Well, how annoying! So the only way to put in an absolute path (which is
> necessary for subdirectories) is the append the "real" root? Bletch!
> --
> msnomer
> =======
> Cool free games and much more here:
> http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=msnomer[/color]

[RT]

Re: include problem

I had the same problem yesterday and found that if I did the following it
worked - include('../../includes/foo.php') for some reason putting 2 ..
Then the slash / makes it function properly.

RT

On 4/5/04 4:06 PM, in article Y_icc.13644$wq4 .665840@news20. bellglobal.com,
"Yannick Turgeon" <nobody@nowhere .com> wrote:
[color=blue]
> Just to make sure there is no misunderstandin g. You can specify a file from
> a subdirectory relatively (and not absolute). In your situation, if the
> directory "includes" is a sibling of your main file you can include foo.php
> like that:
> include('includ es/foo.php') (Without the leading slash)
>
> HTH
>
> Yannick
>
> "meredith" <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote in message
> news:msnomer-1569B1.15585705 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net...[color=green]
>> In article <devnull-EC2171.21431705 042004@news1.ne ws.xs4all.nl>,
>> Jan Pieter Kunst <devnull@cauce. org> wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> In article
>>> <msnomer-160676.15384905 042004@dsl254-095-101.nyc1.dsl.sp eakeasy.net>,
>>> meredith <msnomer@spamco p.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> include('/includes/foo.php');
>>>>
>>>> doesn't work, returning a Failed opening error. If I put in the full
>>>> path, it works just fine. Do site-based absolute paths not work in
>>>> general, or is it a version problem, or what?
>>>
>>> The root of an absolute path in a PHP script is the 'real' filesystem
>>> root, not the web server's 'document root'.
>>>
>>> JP[/color]
>>
>> Well, how annoying! So the only way to put in an absolute path (which is
>> necessary for subdirectories) is the append the "real" root? Bletch!
>> --
>> msnomer
>> =======
>> Cool free games and much more here:
>> http://www.neopets.com/refer.phtml?username=msnomer[/color]
>
>[/color]