i'm an experienced perl programmer, but new to php. do the include() and require() functions work with just the current directory, or is there a list of include paths similar to perl's @INC?
UPDATE: Thanks, thats exactly what I was looking for!
Yes, PHP has an include_path setting, which you can set globally in the php.ini file, locally in a .htaccess file (if on Apache), or per-script via the [man]ini_set/man function.