Set numerous include paths?

Question

I know how to set an include path:

set_include_path('/path');

But how can I set multiple include paths? For example: in two different directories.

Solution 1

Separate them with colons (:).

set_include_path("/some/dir:/other/dir:.");

More info on php.net.

Solution 2

To do this in a cross platform manner use the PATH_SEPARATOR constant:

set_include_path('/my/path' . PATH_SEPARATOR . '/my/other/path');

FYI: You can also set the include path in php.ini or in your apache vhost configuration.

For your further reference: PHP documentation on set_include_path()

Solution 3

Setting Numerous Include Paths

Here is a way, in a platform independent manner, to set numerous include paths from an array of values:

$paths = array(
    'path/one/',
    'path/two/',
    'path/three/'
 );

set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . implode(PATH_SEPARATOR, $paths));

Solution 4

This works for me :-)

ini_set("include_path", ".;C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\pear;.;C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.13\Zend\library");

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Comments

[Jakub Míšek]

Note this won't work on Windows. Use platform independent PATH_SEPARATOR instread of colons.