Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28040&edit=1
ID: 28040 Comment by: Reported by: fb at fbeyer dot com Summary: __DIR__ - Another 'magic constant' Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Feature/Change Request Operating System: * PHP Version: * New Comment: "we will not add this" http://php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php :) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-18 01:01:41] [email protected] Just use dirname(__FILE__) if you need this information, we will not add this. regards, Derick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-17 20:23:00] [email protected] This would also ease writing test scripts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-17 19:50:45] fb at fbeyer dot com Description: ------------ It would be extremely handy to extend the 'magic constant' family by __DIR__ - a constant poining to the directory where the current file is located, ending with a directory separator slash. __DIR__ could be defined in user-land by <?php // Defined as constant - so it won't be usable for // other files... define('__DIR__', dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR); // Use __DIR__ require __DIR__ . 'another-file-for-this-library.php'; ?> Many scripts (e.g. SMARTY_DIR) already define variables/constants for this purpose. __DIR__ would be a nice feature to write include_path independent scripts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28040&edit=1
