include does not work

the include directive in php gives error message

[ledatica]

I am using the a php file in inetpub/wwwroot that references other php files 2 and 3 level deep in IIS - inetpub/wwwroot/dir1/dir2/ etc. the include directive in the first file "..\dir1\dir2\foo.php" does not work and gives me the warning and error messages. I even changed the include directive in php.ini to include_path = ".;c:\inetpub\wwwroot" and still getting error.

Thanks for any help

lj

[Philosopher]

What error message are you getting?

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld ledatica,

I think your paths are wrong

I am using the a php file in inetpub/wwwroot that references other php files 2 and 3 level deep in IIS - inetpub/wwwroot/dir1/dir2/ etc. the include directive in the first file "..\dir1\dir2\foo.php"

file doing the including here
inetpub/wwwroot

file to be included here
inetpub/wwwroot/dir1/dir2/foo.php

and this is your include
"..\dir1\dir2\foo.php"

that would be trying to include
inetpub/dir1/dir2/foo.php
because of the ..\ at the beginning

try "dir1\dir2\foo.php" for your include line

all this based on whether I am understanding the issue correctly.

[m_shroom]

Has no one else spoted "\" is an escape charactor in php.

Proper format is relative to your home or index file

IE; include("dir/sub_dir/file.php");

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, m_shroom!

True, it is an escape character during printing, regular expressions, and the like. However, in the include construct it can be a DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR [php.net]. In Windows this syntax will also work just fine for includes.

Resources:
include_path [php.net]
Strings [php.net]

[ledatica]

thanks for all the help folks. I have it working now.

lj