You've answered your own question. If document-root is set to /usr/web/htdocs then require("/somefile") will expect to find "somefile" in document-root.
-- Gaylen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home http://www.gaylenandmargie.com PHP KISGB v2.22 Guestbook http://www.gaylenandmargie.com/phpwebsite "Mitja Pagon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi! > > I want to know if there is a way to include(require) a file using a path > relative to web server root. > > I'm aware of the fact that you can specify include path, but I believe that > this is not the best solution, since applications written that way aren't > easily portable. > > What I'm looking for is something similar to what "/" does in HTML paths and > SSI include directives. > > Thanks, > > Mitja Pagon > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]