[SOLVED] required_once problem

[putty]

Ok I have been running a script for several months now and all of a sudden I get a 500 error.

 

I think this error corresponds to the server admin upgrading there version of php.

 

I have tracked down the problem to my 'required_once' statements. the php script included by the 'required_once' is executing however no variables set in the included script are being passed back to the including script.

 

Example.

 

index.php

<?php
require_once('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . '/settings/dj-config.php');// Configuration and Global variable Declarations

echo 'ROOT = ' . ROOT . '<br>';
echo '$root = ' . $root . '<br>';

?>

 

dj-config.php

<?php

define (ROOT, 'http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . '/');

$root = 'Hello Would!';

?>

 

Run Script

ROOT = ROOT
$root = 

 

Both allow_url_fopen and allow_url_include are turned on,

 

Are there any other php settings that could be causing this behaviour?

 

Thanks,

Levi

[roopurt18]

Just out of curiosity, if these files are on the same server, then why would you specify the path as a URL instead of a filepath?

[putty]

This application has a complex directory structure, I just found it an easy way to keep track of script paths

 

Include('http://' . $_SERVER["HTTP_HOST"] . '/include/gui/tables.php)

 

Is simpler to read than

 

Include(../../../../include/gui/tables.php)

i just like reading paths from the root derectory.

 

I usualy include paths like this

 

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');//setup in my config.php

Include(ABSPATH . 'include/gui/tables.php)//include from in all other php files

 

if you have a better approach I would love to see.

 

PS, Problem solved PHP just need to be recompiled with apache.