include() on missing files

[P3t3r]

I wondered if it was possible to do the following: 

 

when one includes "subdir/file.php" and that file doesn't exist, the file "../folder0/subdir/file.php" is included instead.

 

Is that possible? How? This doesn't look like it can be solved with a .htaccess trick, but I don't see how it can be solved.

 

Thanks in advance!

[PHP_PhREEEk]

You can do an if/else test using file_exists()

 

PhREEEk

[trq]

You should always know where includes are and that they exist, but anyway...

 

<?php

 if (file_exists('subdir/file.php')) {
   include 'subdir/file.php';
 } elseif (file_exists('../folder0/subdir/file.php') {
   include '../folder0/subdir/file.php';
 }

?>

[P3t3r]

You can do an if/else test using file_exists()

Not an option in my case, since I'm using a ton of files that already have include() everywhere. It's an impossible work to go replace them all.

 

I'd really need to make include() do this, somehow. It might be impossible of course...

[trq]

Not an option in my case, since I'm using a ton of files that already have include() everywhere. It's an impossible work to go replace them all.

 

You could add the paths to the files into your include_path.

 

See set_include_path().

[P3t3r]

You could add the paths to the files into your include_path.

 

See set_include_path().

Oh, this is interesting. I looked on php.net for a similar function but didn't find one.

 

The syntax of this command isn't entirely clear though, it should be of this form to do what I described above, right?

$fullpath = dirname(__FILE__);
$newpath = str_replace("folder83","folder0",$fullpath);
set_include_path($fullpath.':'.$newpath);

providing my script is in /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/folder83 and my files in /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/folder0(/subdir)

 

Now, often my files are included as include("./file.php");

How should I configure the path to cover these too? (include ../folder0/file.php instead)

[chantown]

there's a file exists function in php

[P3t3r]

there's a file exists function in php

Of course... but as pointed out above, after it being suggested twice before you, that doesn't help in this case.

The actual inclusion code is given, I can only modify what include() does. And the set_include_path was a good suggestion, I just need to know now how to configure it to include(./../folder0/file.php) when (./file.php) is called but nonexistent.

[P3t3r]

*bump*

[predator]

there's a file exists function in php

Of course... but as pointed out above, after it being suggested twice before you, that doesn't help in this case.

 

alrite mate he was only trying to help no need to snap back at him.

 

anyway why will the file not exist that you are including? can u elaberate a little more

[P3t3r]

Sorry. I'll elaborate a bit more. I have a lot of subfolders (call them httpdocs/forum1,httpdocs/forum2,...,httpdocs/forum10 for simplicity), which are all running more or less the same software (95% of the files are identical in every folder).

 

This means I have to update 10 boards every time I want to change something. Since they only differ in a few files, I would like to make a "httpdocs/forum0" folder which has the standard files, and then delete all unmodified files from the /forum1,...,/forum10 folders.

 

Then, my intention is that when e.g. include("./includes/include1.php"); is called, the following happens (without using file_exists(), the include statement include("./file.php"); is given):

-> if ./includes/include1.php exists, include it

-> otherwise, include (./../forum0/includes/include1.php) instead.

[predator]

surly then if you are makin a "template" folder as it were called forum0 to run all these on the other folders you could use the file_exist function?

Regards

Mark

[PFMaBiSmAd]

The OP continued this problem in a new thread and this thread is actually dead or should be merged with the new thread.