PHP Include statements

[krooked]

I am running php on a shared server (hosting company) and I have all kind of problems with my include statements. Can anyone point me to a good article or tutorial about includes that tells what some of these things mean? For example, what is the difference between include "./test.php" and include "/test.php"??? I can't touch the php.ini file so that is not an option.

Thanks

[Anon]

include "./test.php";

that looks for a file named test.php in the include directory specified in the php.ini file.

include "/test.php";

that looks for a file named test.php in the root directory.

if you are ever in doubt, just give the full pathname to the file in your include statement like this:

include "/home/user/inc/test.php";