How to append a path to PHP's include_path in .htaccess
Solution 1
If you can't edit the php.ini
file itself, you could add
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path_to_add);
before your include
statements.
However if you find yourself having include
or require
troubles, it is probably a code smell. The best solution would be a good object-oriented design with a good __autoload
function.
Solution 2
Create in the sub-sub-directories a file .htaccess
with the contents
php_value include_path '../../includes'
or whatever include_path
is right for that directory.
Advantages:
- No ugly hack with multiple includes with different depth. Just
include 'head.php'
. - No dependency on editing
php.ini
. - No need to use
set_include_path()
before including. - No dependency on including constants like
include INCLUDE_PATH . 'head.php'
.
Price to pay:
You litter your sub-sub-directories each with a file .htaccess
.
zildjohn01
Updated on April 30, 2020Comments
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zildjohn01 almost 4 years
Currently on my site I'm using statements like:
include 'head.php'; include '../head.php'; include '../../head.php';
depending on how many nested folders deep I am. I'm sure there is a better way to do this.
I'm convinced
.htaccess
is the solution, but I'm not sure how to go about implementing it. If I insert:php_value include_path "public/html/root"
... I lose the rest of my paths (
/usr/lib/php
, etc). I naively tried:php_value include_path $include_path . "(path)"
but of course this didn't work. How could I prepend or append a single path to this list with
.htaccess
?