I'm trying to make my code as portable as possible. But I was wondering if it is a bad idea to have an 'include' directory under my accessable web directories as opposed to having it in the PHP/includes directory.
All things being equal, I could chang the include_path statement in php.ini.
if you don't really need it to be accessible and you want to be sure, hide it, don't put it in the public dir.
on the other hand, as long as all your files are called¨*.php, it shouldn't be a problem. But better be safe ...