Posted by dorayme on 06/18/07 01:41

In article <iTkdi.1534$W_6.51@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"BootNic" <bootnic@bounce.earthlink.net> wrote:

> > dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > news: doraymeRidThis-33C704.19215517062007@news-vip.optusnet.com.au
> [snip]
> > But this does not work on Windows servers. Does anyone know a
> > likely other candidate expression that will tell the server to go
> > to the level at which I have the site index file and look inside
> > a folder called 'includes'? No matter where it appears deep
> > inside the website directories?
> >
> [snip]
> Check and see if you have a include path set.
>
> <?php
> echo ini_get('include_path');
> /* .;K:\PHP\PEAR-1.5.4\pear;J:\apache\include */
> ?>
>
> The include path I use is J:\apache\include
>
> I put include files in that folder and then use:
> <?php include 'my.file' ?>
>
> No matter where the php files are located it always includes my.file
>
> With a little luck this may work for your Windows server

On this particular problem it is an external server, owned by a
big popular ISP and is host for a company site. Meaning it is not
under my direct control.

I put a test html page up, with your

<?php
echo ini_get('include_path');
?>

on it and got back:

..;e:\php

This a clue to fashioning a "global" path address? What now?

(I tried various things with this but I feel like a monkey on a
typewriter. I suppose I could ask the ISP administrators what
path would always work? But ever tried communicating with big
ISPs? In a way, it is not the end of the world as I can just
ensure the paths are tailored to where the html files concerned
are. Seems a little inelegant though!)

--
dorayme

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