Re: PHP v4 vs. PHP v5 behavior (fwd)

[Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry for posting to you directly Jesse. Here it is for the 
list now.

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To: Jesse Santana <jsantana@xxxxxxxxx>
From: Keith Roberts <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re:  PHP v4 vs. PHP v5 behavior

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007, Jesse Santana wrote:

<snip>

> The new server we are setting up is running Solaris 10, Apache 2.2.4 and
> PHP 5.2.3.  The same script I mentioned above produces this error:
>
> Warning: include(./../extension.inc) [function.include]: failed to open
> stream: Permission denied in
> /home/bu/jsantana/htdocs/php/IncludeExample.php on line 3
>
> Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 
> './../extension.inc'

> for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in

^^^this directive is not set correctly - it looks like the default values 
to me. Maybe you need to check the include_path value for the previous 
version of PHP.

> If I define my include path as
> include("/home/bu/jsantana/htdocs/extension.inc");, the script works fine
> with PHP 5.  Can anyone explain why under PHP 5 the ./../ does not back 
> up
> one directory from the directory where I call my script from?


include("/home/bu/jsantana/htdocs/extension.inc")

You may need to set that option in your php.ini file, so it is a standard 
include path.

I use ../../ all over the place on PHP 5.2.1 - the only complaints I get 
from PHP is if I have not set the include path correctly.

I compile php myself, and use a copy of the configuration file for the 
previous version. I make backups as well, just in case I need them.

You could also use a GUI-based file comparison utility (like KDiff3) if 
Solaris has one, to compare both php.ini files from PHP4 and the new PHP5. 
This will highlight right away any differences in those two files.

HTH

Keith


> Thank you,
>
> Jesse
>
> Jesse Santana
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