You can provide the full path:
require "/usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/deep/down/dir/a_specific_file";
You can alter include_path in php.ini to have
"/usr/local/share/apache/htdocs/deep/down/dir:./:/usr..." in it
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From: Rasmus Resen Amossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: php.general
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 11:46 AM
Subject: [PHP] Filereference and require()
> I have a file, lets call it genericfile.php, containing a
> require("a_specific_file");
>
> Now, I want to use (thats include) genericfile.php in many of my other
> .php-files in the WHOLE directorytree. The problem is that
> "a_specific_file" can't be found trough genericfile.php if this is
> included someplace other in the directory tree.
>
> How can I tell php not to make defaultpath to the toplevel require()
> funcion call?
>
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