Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/29/71 11:59

Bit Byte wrote:
>
>
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> Bit Byte wrote:
>>
>>> I have written a number of PHP include files. I have carefully
>>> partitioned them into logical folders - based on functionality. My
>>> directory structure looks something like this:
>>>
>>> $(rootdir)/includes/
>>> $(rootdir)/includes/patterns
>>> $(rootdir)/includes/core/db
>>> $(rootdir)/includes/core/utils
>>> $(rootdir)/includes/core/logger
>>> ...
>>>
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Each folder contains one or more files. I wrote the following script
>>> to test my db classes:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> echo "In script\n" ;
>>> include ("/db/mysql_database.inc.php");
>>> echo "Got here\n" ;
>>>
>>> try
>>> {
>>> echo "Attempting to instantiate db object\n" ;
>>> $m_dbconnection = new MySQLDatabase();
>>> echo "Object created succesfully\n" ;
>>> }
>>> catch (Exception $e)
>>> {
>>> echo "Exception caught : " . $e->getMessage() . "\n" ;
>>> }
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> Output: "In script Got here Attempting to instantiate db object "
>>>
>>> I cannot, for the life of me, work out wtf is wrong iwth the script,
>>> and why I can't seem to use my directory structure. The above script
>>> is being run from $(rootdir). $(rootdir) is in folder htdocs under
>>> Apache.
>>>
>>> Additional Info:
>>> ----------------------
>>> PHP Version: PHP5
>>> Web Server: Apache 2.0
>>> OS: Windows 2K
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> include ("/db/mysql_database.inc.php");
>>
>> This would be an absolute path to the file system, not a relative path
>> in your web server. If you were displaying errors you would have one
>> indicating the file was not found.
>>
>
> Hi Jerry, not sure I follow your response (i.e. its rather ambigious).
> Did you mean to say that my include directive SHOULD (you wrote WOULD)
> be an absolute path to the file system ?.
>

The one you gave is an absolute path to the file system. Do you
actually have a /db directory on your file system?

> To avoid going round in circles over the syntax of should and would,
> could you please correct the include statement - so that the new line is
> the correct statement that will work.
>

If /db is relative to your document root, the following works with any
server - Windows or Linux:

include ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/db/mysql_database.inc.php');

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] gives the absolute path to your web site on
either system.

> For example, should I write:
>
> include ("c:\my_full_path\db\mysql_database.inc.php"); //note windows
> path notation OR
> include ("c:/my_full_path/db/mysql_database.inc.php"); OR
> include
> ("../path_relative_from_THIS_file_to_include_file/db/mysql_database.inc.php");
> OR
> include
> ("..\path_relative_from_THIS_file_to_include_file\db\mysql_database.inc.php")
>
>
> ?
>


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