Question

I keep getting an error when I try to include simpletest in my include_path:

<?
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . realpath(basename(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/../../'));

include 'simpletest/autorun.php';

returns:

.:/usr/lib/php:/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php
Warning: require_once(/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/arguments.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/reporter.php on line 13

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/arguments.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php') in /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/reporter.php on line 13

Answer 1

personally your view pages are the first executed, such as index.php and view pages should always be in the root of your html.

so within index.php you can do:

define("BASE_PATH",str_replace("\\","/",dirname(__FILE__)));

so now BASE_PATH would be equal to: /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest

So if you want to phpdirectory in your include path you should use dirname() to go UP a directory:

//Get an array of your include paths
$include_parts = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR,get_include_path());

//Extend the paths
$include_parts[] = dirname(dirname(BASE_PATH)); //this is ../../

//recompile the paths and set them
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR,$include_parts));

this is the safe way to accomplish what your trying to do.