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How to include PHP files that require an absolute path?

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I have a directory structure like the following;

script.php

inc/include1.php
inc/include2.php

objects/object1.php
objects/object2.php

soap/soap.php

Now, I use those objects in both script.php and /soap/soap.php, I could move them, but I want the directory structure like that for a specific reason. When executing script.php the include path is inc/include.php and when executing /soap/soap.php it's ../inc, absolute paths work, /mnt/webdev/[project name]/inc/include1.php... But it's an ugly solution if I ever want to move the directory to a different location.

So is there a way to use relative paths, or a way to programmatically generate the "/mnt/webdev/[project name]/"?

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Xenph Yan Avatar asked Aug 07 '08 03:08

Xenph Yan

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1 Answers

This should work 

$root = realpath($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]);  include "$root/inc/include1.php";

Edit: added imporvement by aussieviking

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Peter Coulton Avatar answered Nov 13 '22 11:11

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