Question

This is a longshot but I have a file with something like this:

document structure:
/some/path/start.php

<?php
require_once '../../another/path/test.php';
?>

and

/another/path/test.php
/another/path/images/

<?php 
test.php
hello<img src='images/1.jpg'>
?>

I’m looking for a way for the required file (test.php) to correctly load the images (essentially reset what it believes to be the currrent directory). I don’t want to force people to use absolue paths and really don’t want to add some variable in there. Is there a php construct to handle this? I’m using Zend_Framework. Maybe the reverse, a construct to have multiple index.php files that map via absolute paths to my starter script for Zend Framework.

Any ideas would be appreciated? I have the following there’s an elegant sol’n – I’m just not seeing it.

Answer 1

I always use:

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'/path/to/other/script/relative/to/this/file.php');

Or in your case:

require_once(dirname(__FILE__).'../../another/path/test.php');

That way you’re sure you’re including from relative to the file you’re editing.