One correction. The include('lib/test2.php') is actually a require_once('lib/test2.php'). That's why it quits and I don't get the third include. -- Rob "Rob Adams" <rob_adams@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:20050304155533.31138.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From the manual on 'include': > > "Files for including are first looked in include_path relative to the > current working directory and then in include_path relative to the > directory of current script. E.g. if your include_path is ., current > working directory is /www/, you included include/a.php and there is > include "b.php" in that file, b.php is first looked in /www/ and then in > /www/include/." > > I have a file in my root dir (we'll call it /www) that includes the file > /www/lib/test.php as follows: > include('lib/test.php'); > > test.php looks like this: > <? > echo 'Inside first included file.'; > if (file_exists('lib/test2.php')) > echo 'This file exists.'; > include('lib/test2.php'); > echo 'Ending first included file.'; > ?> > > /www/lib/test2.php exists. Whenever I run this, I get the first two echo > statements, without getting the third one. The error log reports that it > couldn't find lib/test2.php. If I take out the 'lib/' in the include > statement, it works. According to the description from the manual, either > way should work. Has anyone ever come across this problem before, and is > there a config setting that causes it? I'm stumped here, and I refuse to > go change all the code when from what I've read it should already be > working. > > -- Rob -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php