include

[Christopher Pisz]

How can I include a file relative to the top level directory from any other
directory ?
I really hate to use absolut url or put all my files in one directory.

eg : include("<symbol for top>/somefile.php"); ??

Thanks,
Christopher

[Michael Fesser]

.oO(Christopher Pisz)

How can I include a file relative to the top level directory from any other
directory ?
I really hate to use absolut url or put all my files in one directory.

What's wrong with absolute paths? They avoid many problems and
headaches. A good starting point is $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

Micha

[Gary L. Burnore]

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:10:37 +0100, Michael Fesser <ne*****@gmx.net>
wrote:

.oO(Christopher Pisz)

How can I include a file relative to the top level directory from any other
directory ?
I really hate to use absolut url or put all my files in one directory.
What's wrong with absolute paths?

They make movement of your app difficult.
They avoid many problems and headaches.
Not as many as they cause in a production environment.

A good starting point is $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

You should NOT put all of your files under the Document Root.
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[Michael Fesser]

.oO(Gary L. Burnore)

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:10:37 +0100, Michael Fesser <ne*****@gmx.net>
wrote:

What's wrong with absolute paths?

They make movement of your app difficult.

Not necessarily. One file included on all pages could define some global
constants to the other parts/directories (can be done with auto_prepend
for example, if available).

And BTW: How often do you move your application code around?

They avoid many problems and headaches.

Not as many as they cause in a production environment.

Currently I can't think of any that are not easy to solve. With relative
paths you always have to rememeber that they are relative to the first
called script. It becomes even more confusing when you want to access
files across different directory levels.

A good starting point is $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].

You should NOT put all of your files under the Document Root.

I know. I wrote "starting point". Usually my scripts are located in
something like $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/../include/'. The document
root is just my starting point to build absolute paths.

Micha

[Tony Marston]

Easy....

1) Create a separate folder call INCLUDES which you define outside (in
parallel with) your root directory.
2) Add it to the INCLUDE_PATH directive in your php.ini file (or via a
..htaccess file)

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"Christopher Pisz" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:co***********@news.swt.edu...

How can I include a file relative to the top level directory from any
other
directory ?
I really hate to use absolut url or put all my files in one directory.

eg : include("<symbol for top>/somefile.php"); ??

Thanks,
Christopher

[R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah]

"Christopher Pisz" <so*****@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:<co***********@news.swt.edu>...

How can I include a file relative to the top level directory from any other
directory ?
I really hate to use absolut url or put all my files in one directory.

eg : include("<symbol for top>/somefile.php"); ??

<?php
//config.inc.php
$CFG['project_path'] = '/home/foo/foo/';
//etc etc
?>

<?php
//foo.php
require_once('../common/config.inc.php'); //relative to project
require_once($CFG['project_path'] . 'html/header.html'); //absolute
//etc etc...
require_once($CFG['project_path'] . 'html/footer.html'); //absolute
?>

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