Include problems

[gamehack]

Hi all,

I've encounted some trivial problems with include statements although I couldn't find a fix 🙁 So here's the situation, i have files like this:
someconf.ini
somefiles.php
libs/lib1.php
libs/lib2.php

In lib2.php I have this line:

require_once("../someconf.ini");

When I execute lib2.php on its own, there are no problem. But if I include libs/php2.php in somefiles.php, it tries to find someconf.ini one directory up of somefiles.php. I tried different approaches, but none worked... Any suggestions on this?

Regards,
gamehack

[vaaaska]

can't you use a full path?

require_once '/home/full/path/to/your/file/hello.php';

[gamehack]

No, because I don't know in which directory the software would be installed. I've also played the the function real_path(); but it also gives different full paths depending where it is invoked from(once running the .php file in dir libs/ once running from the included file). So... 🙁 very annoying problem...

[vaaaska]

I don't see a solution then...

Perhaps use file_exist to see if the file is there and if so then include it...otherwise it will skip it. Of course, this could mess other things up...

[Weedpacket]

Using some of the elements of the $SERVER array (e.g., $SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) might help a file work out where it is and so alleviate some of the problems.

[gamehack]

Thank you 😉