Directory References

[Anon]

I'm coding a new app, and I was thinking if it would be a problem if I do includes like this:

include ('../myfile.inc');

Note that I'm using a relative include, instead of giving the full path (for example. 'c:\web\html......').

Suppose that myfile.inc is one directory before the web root. That way, visitors won't be able to get the inc file directly.

Is something wrong with this? I mean it works, but I need to know if it would cause any problems in some situations... and, is it portable from system to system?

I'd appreciate your replies.

Thanks.

[Anon]

So long as the web server has permission to read the directories specified, no problem. The thing about security would work, too.

As for portability, it's a lot more portable than using the absolute path 🙂