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How to include a file with relative path "upwards"

Answer 1

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It doesn't work because the file doesn't exist at that path.

Daniel Egeberg 2010-07-06 08:07:04

It does exist at dirname(__FILE__).'../configuration/live/database.php'. Ie: '/home/adil/workspace-netbeans/trunk/applications/dudu/scripts/../configuration/live/database.php'

Adil 2010-07-06 08:16:09

So the script is located in '/home/adil/workspace-netbeans/trunk/application/dudu/configuration/live/database.php'?

faileN 2010-07-06 08:27:48

yes. That is the correct full path

Adil 2010-07-06 08:37:08

Excellent answer. Sometimes we have to get such ones. @Adil what if you try to include both - a full one and a relative one? Just check yourself. Your include path magic doesn't matter. just set correct path, relative to currently called script. Your question is not some special knowledge matter but just paying little more attention matter

Col. Shrapnel 2010-07-06 08:50:45

@Col. Shrapnel - I am aware that require(__DIR__."/../configuration/live/master.php") works. I don't need to "get such ones" . Read the question again. Why does the first code statement in my question not work.

Adil 2010-07-06 09:14:34

@Adil you have got your answer already. **the file doesn't exist at that path.** read it again. Then do some **debugging** to find the problem. Including the full absolute path is the part of such investigation, not the solution suggested, as you may think.

Col. Shrapnel 2010-07-06 10:31:35

@Col. Shrapnel - Yes, i have TESTED WITH THE FULL ABSOLUTE PATH in the 'include' and it WORKS. Knowing that the FILE DOES EXIST AT THAT PATH only then have i bothered to post the question to this site. Don't bother replying if you get offended when your answer is not right. If you have any constructive thoughts to debug, then i am willing to listen.

Adil 2010-07-06 11:13:33

@Adil did you try file_exists(), glob(), is_readable()? The problem still is undiscovered, so, no proper solution can be found. This behavior is quite odd, and it would be nice to find the root of the problem. Or a mistype that caused this.

Col. Shrapnel 2010-07-06 15:15:32

Answer 2

A:

The above answers are drifting away from the real question.

For the sake of someone having a similar problem, here's the immediate solution :

require(dirname(__FILE__)."/../configuration/live/master.php");

In PHP 5.3 you can also do

require(__DIR__."/../configuration/live/master.php");

Adil 2010-07-06 09:14:45

You don't know the problem. So, your solution will help no one.

Col. Shrapnel 2010-07-06 10:34:35

Answer 3

A:

You can do:

require( dirname( dirname(__FILE__) ).'/configuration/live/master.php' );enter code here`

If you need to go "deeper" upwards, just wrap more dirname()

clinisbut 2010-07-06 09:53:10

Answer 4

A:

Ok. I finally found the problem.

I was running the script via shell and it turns out your relative path include works based on your current directory (pwd) in the shell.

So this code :

sudo php workspace-netbeans/trunk/applications/dudu/scripts/ejabberd_populate.php

didnt work, because my pwd in the shell was my home and the path was not resolving from there. But this

cd workspace-netbeans/trunk/applications/dudu/scripts/
sudo php ejabberd_populate.php

works.

I'm not sure why the include_path didn't work.

Thank you all, esp. Col. Shrapnel, for helping me out on this seemingly stupid question.

Adil 2010-07-07 06:31:39

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