Why does this PHP relative include fail?

Question

disc@puff:~/php$ ls 
a.php  data  include 

disc@puff:~/php$ tree 
. 
├── a.php 
├── data 
│   └── d.php 
└── include 
    ├── b.php 
    └── c.php 
2 directories, 4         


        

Answer 1

As you're starting with a.php, you should define the include directories in a.php:

define('MY_INCLUDES', dirname(__FILE__) . '/include/');
define('MY_DATA', dirname(__FILE__) . '/data/');

Afterwards include the files with absolute paths:

include(MY_INCLUDES . 'b.php');
include(MY_DATA . 'c.php');