include from outside web directory

[johnnyk]

Does this have anything to do with PHP? Maybe not. Maybe it doesn't make sense at all.

[code]
<?php
require('/web/directory/file.inc');

require('/web/differentdirectory/file2.inc');
?>
[/code]

[u]file.inc[/u]
<?php
$a = 'whatever';
?>

[u]file2.inc[/u]
<?php
echo $a;
?>


So the problem is that file2.inc will not echo "whatever" (as if $a isn't set). If I did the same kind of thing within the /web/ folder, it works fine. I hope I'm making sense.

[Caesar]

Where is the file calling it, in relation to the include file? One level up? In another folder?

[onlyican]

I have just done a test
I have a directory set up
/folder1/file1.inc
/folder2/file2.inc
/inc.php

file1.inc contains
<?
$a = "testing";
?>
file2.inc contains
<?
echo $a;
?>

inc.php contains
<?
require("folder1/file1.inc");
require("folder2/file2.inc");
?>

I load the page and I get
testing
So there is nothing wrong that i could see
using require, if the file did not include (wrong dir or something) there will be an error

[johnnyk]

[quote author=Caesar link=topic=102929.msg409250#msg409250 date=1154652505]
Where is the file calling it, in relation to the include file? One level up? In another folder?
[/quote]
I don't think I understand your question, but I'll try to answer.

Here's how it looks:
The file that is including the other 2 is /home/username/cron/main.php
file1.inc is /home/username/public/includes/file1.inc
file2.inc is /home/username/public/webmaster/includes/file2.inc

I know that main.php includes both correctly, but the variables set in file1.inc is not accessible in file2.inc

[onlyican]

ahhh, it should be in the public htm folder mate

[johnnyk]

The problem with that, though, is that if someone finds out the location of main.inc, they could run the cron, and that would be bad. I'm using a host and it's not like I can put the cron behind a htpasswd protected folder or anything.

Also, why does it need to be in /public/?