Re: [SLUG] Symlinks and PHP4

[Matthew Davidson <mdavids@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Del wrote:
> ... PHP opens files relative to the currently running script's
> location.  If you are running /usr/share/phpapp/myfile.php then
> require_once('a.php') will require /usr/share/phpapp/a.php, regardless
> of symlinks.

Hmm.  I _almost_ get it.  You seem to be saying that internally PHP has 
some kind of "where the hell am I?" function that returns the location 
of the currently running script, rather than simply taking the file name 
which you used to invoke the script (in the case of symlinks).  That 
seems counter-intuitive to me.

> >  And the supplementary question is, how do I get the behaviour I'm after?
>
>
> require_once($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/config/phpapp.php");

That sounds like the simplest of the options so far.

Thanks to everybody who had a suggestion.  They are all filed away for 
future reference.

> You may have more luck getting answers to PHP questions at syd::php
> http://sydney.ug.php.net/

I've been trying to avoid considering myself a PHP programmer, feeling 
that I ought, on some vaguely-defined moral grounds, to prefer the 
original "P" language, which I have been forgetting and re-learning for 
years now.  But I'm a very reluctant and lazy programmer and damn it, 
the dark side is easier and more seductive!

Matthew.

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