[PHP] Include Bug?

[Steven Walker]

Hello,

I have found troubling behavior using include() that looks like a bug. 
When I specify an include file by a full path name versus a relative 
path, PHP acts as though it has included the file, but variable and 
constant definitions in the include file are not coming through. My 
server is running PHP 4.3.1.

Here is an example:

I created a file called 'include.php', with the following contents:
	<?
		echo "include.php opened <br>";	//should print -only- if included, 
right?
		$testVar = "test succeeded!";
	?>

Then I created 'test.php', with the following contents:
	<?
		$testVar = "not defined";	//include.php should redefine this as 'test 
succeeded!'
		//include("http://www.walkereffects.com/test/include.php";); // full 
path
		include("include.php"); // relative path
		echo $testVar;
	?>

Using the relative path version of include outputs:
        include.php opened
        test succeeded!
And using the full path results in:
        include.php opened
        not defined
This doesn't seem right! Any ideas how I can work around this?

Steven J. Walker
Walker Effects
www.walkereffects.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]