Re: [SLUG] Symlinks and PHP4

[O Plameras <oscarp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Palmer wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:26:37PM +1000, O Plameras wrote:
>  
>
> > Matthew Palmer wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Or, better still, use
> > > ini_set('include_path', '.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/phpapp'); at the top 
> > > of
> > > your entry point, and all will be well.  Fiddling with include_path in
> > > php.ini shouldn't be done for one application -- imagine if I wanted to
> > > include something that also happened to be in /usr/share/phpapp... A train
> > > wreck could result.
> > >
> > >      
> > Programmers have their styles. I follow PHP programming conventions
> > that I know works and practised by many.
> >    
>
> Just because lots of people do it doesn't make it any less retarded.  If
> everyone stacks their own app's directory in php.ini, sooner or later you're
> going to end up with filename collision.  Soon after that, someone is going
> to take a header off a building.
>
>  

That's the reason for having 'php.ini'.

It's not only that it's the convention, it's neater, less claterry, and 
cleaner.

But more importantly, the designer intended the 'include_path' 
declaration statement in 'php.ini'
to handle the 'includes' which includes the 'requires'.

> Also, learning how to do things when you 0wn the box is nice, but one day
> you're not going to be able to fiddle with php.ini on a whim, and an
> inability to work effectively without having gratuitous r00t is not going to
> win you any friends at any hosting company I've ever interacted with.
>
>  
>
> > > > include_path = "/path1;,/path2; etc.............."
> > > >
> > > > It will look like so,
> > > >
> > > > include_path = ".;/usr/share/phpapp"
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > >        
> > > Those should be colons, not semi-colons, unless you're running PHP in
> > > windows, in which case you've got bigger problems (like not having real
> > > symlinks).
> > >      
> > In /etc/php.ini the correct syntax is semi-colon ( ; ) and not colon (:).
> >    
>
> Only if you want to comment something out.  Take a look at your php.ini file
> sometime.  I'll even do it for you:
>
> ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"  Windows: "\path1;\path2"
> include_path = ".:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php"
>
>  

OK, you are right here. My mistake. In UNIX the separator is colon (:).

> Oh, and drop the Cc.  Of course I'm subscribed to the list, how else did I
> reply to the original message?
>
> - Matt
>
>