Question

I know that this line:

set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/my/other/path');

add '/my/other/path' to the list of directories where require, include (and others) functions look for files.

But this option is valid only for path specified without ./ or ../ at the begin of path. For example:

// I would include /my/other/path/Zend.php
require('Zend.php'); // it works 
require('./Zend.php'); // it does not works 

// or if I would include /my/other/Zend.php
require('../Zend.php'); // still does not works 

However I’m searching a way for do it

NOTE: This is for an eccentric project. In this case I cannot modify the file with include and require functions.

Answer 1

IMO, the only thing you can do in order to achieve that is chdir: you set the current working directory to one that fits the relative routes.