Test whether a file exists anywhere in the include path

Question

I\'m writing an autoload function and in the inner logic of it would like to test whether a certain file exists somewhere in the path prior to including it.

This is the

Answer 1

I would use file_exists rather than a warnings-suppressed include.

Then you'll have to iterate through the include_path:

$paths = explode(';', get_include_path());
foreach($paths as $p){
    if(file_exists($p . '/' . $calculatedPath)){
        include $p . '/' . $calculatedPath;
        break;
    }
}