[RESOLVED] Variable scope with include ()

TimSawyers

Variable scope with include ()

I have a very simple script that sets a variable then includes a file the echoes the variable out. If both files are in the same directory all works well but if I include the file in a subdirectory it no longer works.

test.php

<?
$topic = "somthing";
include("Abstract_Compositions.php");
?><br><?
include("http://ww1.tsawyers.com/artwork/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.php");
?>

Abstract_Compositions.php

<?
echo"this is topic in sub menu: $topic";
$cat = $topic;
?>

So
Abstract_Compositions.php outputs “this is topic in sub menu: something”
/artwork/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.php” outputs “this is topic in sub menu: “

<edit>
If i call it like this it seems to work
include("artwork/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.php");
</edit>
The variable scope should not be affected by the dir path correct? something In my php.ini affecting this?

http://ww1.tsawyers.com/test.php
Runing Apache/2.0.55 (Win32) PHP/5.1.2

Tim Sawyers

Installer

When you use the "http://" this kicks in (from the manual):

If "URL fopen wrappers" are enabled in PHP (which they are in the default configuration), you can specify the file to be included using a URL (via HTTP or other supported wrapper - see Appendix M for a list of protocols) instead of a local pathname. If the target server interprets the target file as PHP code, variables may be passed to the included file using a URL request string as used with HTTP GET. This is not strictly speaking the same thing as including the file and having it inherit the parent file's variable scope; the script is actually being run on the remote server and the result is then being included into the local script.

TimSawyers

Ok so why won’t “/artwork/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.php” work?

Relative paths are really giving me a headache. Anyway “artwork/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.php” fixes the script with modifications to the paths.

“include("artwork/$topic/$page.php");”
with the url being http://ww1.tsawyers.com/Abstract_Compositions/Abstract_Compositions.htm
And a mod rewrite
RewriteRule (.).htm(.) /index.php?name=$1&dir=%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule index.htm /index.php

This is safe to do in code correct?