Path issue I'm struggling with because I'm tired. :P

[OldWolf]

Background: Whenever I write a package of some kind intended to be included into a bigger piece, I set up a constant for the path to that package, so that when I include files within the package, I can do PATH . 'included.php', when it's located in the root of the package.

 

Problem: The package I'm working on right now will not always be in the same place, so my constant has to be figured out dynamically.  Essentially, what I'd like to do is get the path from the original file to the included package.

 

I know there's a simple solution here, but I'm so darn sleepy I just can't think of it!

 

Thanks!

[genericnumber1]

To get the path of the current executing file you can do

 

<?php
dirname(__FILE__);
?>

 

this will get the path of the included file if you use it in an included file.