have you tried giving the absolute path to the included file?
include("/some/path/to/a/file.php");
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Coremetrics, Inc.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 2:53 PM
> To: Chris Cocuzzo
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP]include question, WHY doesn't this work...
>
>
> Is the lib direcotory under the working directory, I mean, if your
> program is excuting under temp directory, the lib directory
> has to be
> below temp directory. If you are running this program from the root
> directory then lib has to be below root directory.
> Your code looks good to me.
> One more thing I can think of is, do you read access to lib
> directory,
> just curious.
>
> Chris Cocuzzo wrote:
>
> > hey-
> >
> > I have a piece of code which does a simply INSERT query
> into an mp3 table.
> > I've tested it out, and it completes the query, however
> there is one bug
> > that I just have no clue about.
> >
> > this code does not work when i try to connect to the db:
> > include("lib/db_config.php");
> >
> > $connection = db_connect("fplg");
> > if(!connection) {
> > die(sql_error());
> > }
> > the include fails and so the db_connect function is undefined.
> >
> > this code works:
> > include("db_config.php");
> >
> > $connection = db_connect("fplg");
> > if(!connection) {
> > die(sql_error());
> > }
> >
> > I DO have a directory called lib in my root folder. am I
> calling the include
> > wrong in that first piece. Note that I also tried the first
> one with a
> > foward slash in front of the 'lib', but had no luck.
> >
> > help!
> > chris
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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