PHP Includes which contain includes Options

[kohenkatz]

I am using php includes to include a set of functions in all my pages.
However, some of these functions contain includes as well.

example.com/index.php
which includes:
example.com/inc/functions.php
which in turn includes:
example.com/inc/dbcon.php

The problem is that PHP looks for the second include file relative to the first file. So I would need to put "include('inc/dbcon.php');" in the second file. However, that makes it that I can no longer use these functions from any other directory.

i.e.
example.com/subf/index.php
which includes:
example.com/inc/functions.php
which in turn includes:
example.com/inc/dbcon.php

will not work because it wants to do "include('../inc/dbcon.php');".

What can I do about this?

[Tom H.]

I had similar difficulty, but had success calling the nested include like this:

CODE

<?php include('./path/from/web-root/inc/nested.incl'); ?>

I can't find any documentation to support it, but it seems like the leading dot-slash indicates the web server document root.

[kohenkatz]

I had similar difficulty, but had success calling the nested include like this:

CODE

<?php include('./path/from/web-root/inc/nested.incl'); ?>

I can't find any documentation to support it, but it seems like the leading dot-slash indicates the web server document root.

no. this would not work for me. The dot does not mean the web root, it means the current directory. In your case, the current directory happens to also be the web root.

[pandy]

What about using the fully qualified URL (http://...)? I also think a system path works. That is, something like so:

CODE

<?php include('/home/you/domains/example.com/inc/nested.incl'); ?>

[Brian Chandler]

I think the "proper" way is to have all the include files somewhere outside the document tree, then they can't be accidentally dished up by the web server.

But if not, use $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] to get to the document root.

You do have a phpinfo() page you use, don't you?