include/require strange behavior

[Manixat]

Hello freaks,

 

 

I have a file structure like so

 

Framework/App.php

Framework/config.php

Public/Index.php

 

I have put "echo 'test';" in the config.php file for the purpose of testing and here's what I'm experiencing.

 

in my index.php I include App.php like so - include('../Framework/App.php');

Then in the App.php I include config.php like so - include('config.php');

 

And now config.php doesn't throw a warning "no such file" but doesn't echo "test" either.

When I include "config.php" from "index.php" like so - include('../Framework/config.php');

 

Then it echoes "test". 

My question is why this strange behavior, why is it kind of including config from App but not quite doing what it's supposed to ?

[davidannis]

Is it possible that App.php exits before it gets to the include ('config.php')?

Can you post some of the code from App.php?

[Manixat]

 

<?php


require('config.php');


function __autoload($class_name) {
    include 'classes/' . $class_name . '.php';
}

 

and it continues doing other stuff, which does execute. 

Edited March 25, 2013 by Manixat

[DavidAM]

The path for include is relative to the current working directory. This is usually the path of the original executing script (in this case index.php). So include('config.php');, even inside of App.php, is looking in the Public directory not the Framework directory.

 

Why it does not throw an error, could be a couple of things: there is another config.php in the Public directory; or your error reporting value does not cover this warning; or there is a config.php somewhere else in the include_path (from the PHP.ini file).

[Manixat]

Alright that worked, but that raises another question. Since the working directory is the original working script directory ( Public ), then how come the classes get included correctly from App.php when the structure is like so:

 

Framework/App.php

Framework/config.php

Framework/classes/

Public/Index.php

 

and the include from my autoload function is like so:

 

include 'classes/' . $class_name . '.php';

Edited March 25, 2013 by Manixat