Posted by boclair on 01/11/07 03:48

Daz wrote:
> Michael Fesser wrote:
>
>> .oO(Toby Inkster)
>>
>>> However, it's a good idea to have a specific "includes" directory, put all
>>> your included files into there and then just refer to them as:
>>>
>>> include 'myfile.php';
>>>
>>> without including a directory path at all(!) but instead using the
>>> include_path setting to specify where include files will be found.
>> I prefer absolute paths, so I usually define a constant which contains
>> the path to my include files, based on $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].
>>
>> Micha
>
> I prefer relative, mainly echo because my modules then become portable and self-contained

Just a suggestion. How about concating $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] to provide the absolute URL on whatever the
server. Useful for header() re-directs.

Louise

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