You can save yourself a LOT of headaches by utilizing the ever-popular 'include_path' feature so you never have to put any kind of directory info into your include statements. http://php.net/include_path On Tue, November 7, 2006 9:50 pm, Nuno Vaz Oliveira wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm relatively new to PHP but I've had some training and feel quite > confortable > programming it... > > Anyway, I'm having a problem in understanding the correct behaviour of > the > include statement/function. > > Imagine that I have an INDEX.PHP file in my root directory and I want > to > include the file INCLUDE\SESSION.PHP. I would use the statement: > > <?php include 'include/session.php'; ?> > > What if, inside the file INCLUDE\SESSION.PHP I want to include the > file INCLUDE\DATABASE.PHP? > > Should I use the statement: > > <?php include 'database.php'; ?> > > because DATABASE.PHP and SESSION.PHP are in the same directory or > should > I use the statement: > > <?php include 'include/database.php'; ?> > > because INCLUDE\SESSION.PHP is going to be included in INDEX.PHP witch > is > NOT in the same directory of DATABASE.PHP? > > > In other words... When PHP processes an include statement does it > include > the file where the include statement is and then process its contents > (eventualy > including other files) or does PHP processes the file to be included > and > only includes it after that? > > Thanks > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
