Include Path question

[jleecbd]

I have a site being "virtually" hosted, so I cannot alter the php.ini file for the site. There will be a number of php files with some core files (like for db access) called from most pages. Its possible (likely) that the location of these files may change, and all pages, no matter where they are at in the tree will need to find these files. In the interest of maintenance, what is my easiest way of handling this (also for testing locally and uploading). I'm toying with the "template" if you will being set to "http://".$_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"].filepath" so that it is the same information in each file, regardless of where located. At least one problem exists in that I would need to run a perl script to update all of the pages should the path to one of these files change. Is this the preferred way to handle this? Any suggestions would be most welcome.

[Shrike]

I usually create a map file which points to every shared file I use. The only thing you need to define then is the path to the document root. In my PHP files I refer to scripts via the map file, e.g.

$env = loadConfig(); // Load the map file into $env
include($env['scriptpath']."/".$en['scriptname']); // Include a file using the map file

Then you can move your work onto new machines fairly painlessly.

[jleecbd]

Thanks. That sounds like just the trick.