include_path really sucks :)

xbuilder

Fedora Core 1.0, PHP 4.3.3

It appears that there is a lot of documentation
about PHP but the whole thing is a mess!

In any case, I have the following in php.ini
include_path = ".:/books/include"
doc_root = /var/www/html

I have file header.inc in
/var/www/html/books/include/
(I am sure about that)

I have the following in my index.php file

<?php
echo get_include_path().'<br>';
include ("header.inc");
?>

AND I am sure the permission for dir/files is 755.

The result is:
:/books/include

Warning: main(header): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/books/index.php on line 14

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'header.inc' for inclusion (include_path='.:/books/include') in /var/www/html/books/index.php on line 14

I give you a virtual $1,000,000 if you
point me to a solution.

Thanks
XB

swr

In any case, I have the following in php.ini
include_path = ".:/books/include"
doc_root = /var/www/html

I have file header.inc in
/var/www/html/books/include/

That's your problem right there. Includes are NOT relative to the document root. You need this:

include_path = ".:/var/www/html/books/include

xbuilder

of my $1,000,00 award!

Thanks a lot!
XB

xbuilder

Hi,

Now, is there something like this in Apache that I con define so that I can
use a relative path in the HREF section?

Thx
XB

yelvington

The problem was not with PHP or its documentation, which is remarkably clear.

/foo/bar is relative to the root directory of the system.

foo/bar is relative to the current working directory.

This should not be surprising because it is how paths work in Unix-like systems.

If you want to refer to a path relative to the document root, construct it like so:

$path = $_SERVER['document_root'] . $path;