Question

I’ve got the following file structure:

/
+--- inc/
|    +--- lib1.php
+--- inc2/
|    +--- lib2.php
|    +--- view2.php
+--- view1.php

Both view1.php and view2.php include lib2.php. Lib2.php includes lib1.php. Graphically:

View1.php ---\
             +---> Lib2.php ---> Lib1.php
View2.php ---/

However I cannot get this working, because the search paths are wonky. If I try to include “../lib1.php” then only view2.php works. If I try to include “inc/lib1.php”, then only view1.php works. The other view always complains about file not found.

What should be the correct way of handling this?

Answer 1

If you use php >= 5.3 you can use __DIR__ to build the path. If not, use dirname(__FILE__)
So in lib2.php, just put this:

require_once(__DIR__ . '../inc/lib1.php');