Including PHP file in Joomla
Solution 1
You could use the Joomla constants for JPath from here: http://docs.joomla.org/JPath like so:
include_once (JPATH_ROOT.DS.'includes'.DS.'some.class.php');
You can replace JPATH_ROOT with any of the following:
JPATH_SITE
JPATH_BASE
Solution 2
In joomlla 2.5 + never use include_once or require_once to include a class file. PHP has to check if the file has already been loaded before loading the file.
Since joomla 2.5 there is the JLoader::register() method which doesn't use any memory unless you need to execute a method within the class.
http://developer.joomla.org/manual/ch01s04.html
Solution 3
use this every where
<?php
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/lib/sample.lib.php";
?>
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Comments
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newbie over 1 year
I have a logger class that I need to log my application processing. How can I include this file in Joomla, when my file is located in the includes folder. I don't want to always have to include the file using ../../../, because then I have to manually count paths everytime I include my class. Is there any way to generate the line that will include that file relatively?
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Some Newbie over 9 yearsI find this "close" as very unconstructive. There are constructive responses below though. It seems like some people get high on abusing their karma point privileges.
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Valentin Despa almost 11 yearsPlease note that DS is deprecated in 2.5 and removed in 3.0.
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bumerang over 9 yearsYou are right @Valentin Despa in Joomla 3 it is
DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
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Valentin Despa over 9 yearsYou don't even need it. Just use
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