On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 05:24:41 -0400, Jason Barnett <jasbarne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I actually use Apache so I knew it was safe for that, but didn't realize it > would work for IIS as well (you just never know with Microsoft ;) ). Good to > know, thanks! > > Windows claims POSIX compliance, so it's surprising how much works on it. Then again, it's not surprising how many bugs there are... > > > Paul Menard wrote: > > Just a comment or thought on Jason's reply. I thought you could use '/' as the seperator and the > > PHP engine would figure out based on the run-time OS what the actual path format would be. Hence > > you can use actual path names like; > > > > E:/path1/path2/path3/somefile.php > > > > in your include and require statements. > > > > At least my code uses the '/' on these types of paths and works fine on Windows and *nix systems. > > IIS and Apache both. > > > > FPM > > > > --- Jason Barnett <jasbarne@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I've run into this exact problem many times. Two things: > >> > >>1) use the PEAR constant DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR, or define it yourself > >>if (PHP_OS == 'Win32' || PHP_OS == 'WinNT') { > >> define('DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR', '\'); > >>} else { > >> define('DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR', '/'); > >>} > >> > >>2) I have two ways that I solve the relative include problem. > >> a) include_once dirname(__FILE__) . 'path/to/relative/include.php'; > >> > >> or for class libraries > >> > >> b) function __autoload($class) { > >> // Use your own logic, I have mine defined to do PEAR-like loading > >> $file = str_replace('_', DIRECTORY_SEPERATOR, $class); > >> include_once($file . '.php'); > >> } > >> > >> > >>>As that would mean the macro code would not slow the linux > >>>machine down at all when running the php script if it did > >>>not even have to evaluate to see if it did need to run the > >>>macro function, although I know php is a scripted language > >>>and not compiled like C/C++ so I don't think its possible > >> > >>Note: PHP goes through the compile step, it's just that everything is compiled > >>on demand. > >> -- DB_DataObject_FormBuilder - The database at your fingertips http://pear.php.net/package/DB_DataObject_FormBuilder paperCrane --Justin Patrin-- -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php