Easy php includes

[litewarez]

just like to share a tip with you for when your programming your websites etc

//Index.php

/*
** First we need to know the exact path to where we am and define it
*/

define("APPLICATION_PATH",str_replace("\\","/",dirname(__FILE__)));

//then we need tell PHP to add our includes path to there own

$current_paths = get_include_path();
$new_paths = array($current_paths,APPLICATION_PATHS  "/includes/");
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR,$new_paths));

/*
** No usually you will have to include your files like so
** include 'includes/myfile.php';
** but we can include as below
*/

require_once('myfile.php');

//This way it will search for myfile.php in all the paths you add into the above array :) 

litewarez Reviewed by litewarez on 24th Nov 2009. Easy php includes just like to share a tip with you for when your programming your websites etc //Index.php /* ** First we need to know the exact path to where we am and define it */ define("APPLICATION_PATH",str_replace("\\","/",dirname(__FILE__))); Rating: 5

[Dman]

Nice trick Lite , I always use this for classes, http://us.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.autoload.php

[desiboy]

holy crap
I always feel difficult to find relative paths
this will help me a lot
Thanks for sharing the tip

[Chri5]

thanks for the share

[litewarez]

Yes desi boy i use that define in every script i build... its nix compatible and never faild me

Also use the autoload feature along side this aswell for using non-public php includes

function __autoload($Class,$args){
include "../../system/"strtolower($Class) . ".php";
return new $Class($args);
}