However, on a different, FreeBSD platform, this is not the case. A linked file can call an include and have the desired file be called instead of the source one. That's where I'm getting confused.
- Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: olinux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 12:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Soft-Linking and includes You must use absolute paths in includes. essentially the include will reference itself as the starting point, rather than the script you are calling it from. olinux --- Jonathan Hilgeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm on a red hat system, and I've soft-linked two > directories: > /www/dir1/subdir > /www/dir2/subdir --> /www/dir1/subdir > > Now, inside subdir is a file that tries to > include("../info.php"); which > prints out some information about the file paths and > my database stuff. So > there's: > /www/dir1/info.php > /www/dir1/subdir/includer.php > /www/dir2/info.php > /www/dir2/subdir --> /www/dir1/subdir > > Now, when I run /www/dir2/subdir/includer.php, it > SHOULD include the file > "../info.php" which translates into > /www/dir2/info.php. However, the > symbolic linking seems to have messed it up, and > instead of running dir2's > info.php, it seems to think it is in dir1, and > instead includes dir1's > info.php file. > > Has anyone run into this and/or know a fix for it? > > Thanks! > > - Jonathan > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
