include files using dynamic path script - Help?

[Tom Muschetti]

I have recently found Hosting services that have the PHP virtual() function
disabled. This function works only when PHP is compiled as an Apache module.

I used virtual() alot to call include files because I could use absolute
paths. Convenient for includes that are on pages at different directory
levels.

<?php virtual("/includes/header.inc");

Now I have to work around. So I wrote a script that places a relative path
in my include file path statements. The script counts the forward slashes in
$PHP_SELF and sets a number value with the function substr_count(). I then
use clumsy elseif to make paths. I think this script could be better, any
suggestions?

<?php
$myLevel = substr_count($PHP_SELF, "/");
if
( $myLevel < 3 ) { $myLevel = "";}
elseif
( $myLevel = 3 ) { $myLevel = "../";}
elseif
( $myLevel = 4 ) { $myLevel = "../../";}
elseif
( $myLevel = 5 ) { $myLevel = "../../../";}
?>

then call the include like:

<?php include ($myLevel . "includes/header.inc"); ?>

Thanks T

[Tom Muschetti]

I think I might go with:

$myLevel = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

<?php include($myLevel . "/includes/header.inc"); ?>

are there any better methods?

Thanks T


"Tom Muschetti" <tbonemediumrare@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:d0f00v$7ns$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> I have recently found Hosting services that have the PHP virtual()

function

> disabled. This function works only when PHP is compiled as an Apache

module.

>
> I used virtual() alot to call include files because I could use absolute
> paths. Convenient for includes that are on pages at different directory
> levels.
>
> <?php virtual("/includes/header.inc");
>
> Now I have to work around. So I wrote a script that places a relative path
> in my include file path statements. The script counts the forward slashes

in

> $PHP_SELF and sets a number value with the function substr_count(). I

then

> use clumsy elseif to make paths. I think this script could be better, any
> suggestions?
>
> <?php
> $myLevel = substr_count($PHP_SELF, "/");
> if
> ( $myLevel < 3 ) { $myLevel = "";}
> elseif
> ( $myLevel = 3 ) { $myLevel = "../";}
> elseif
> ( $myLevel = 4 ) { $myLevel = "../../";}
> elseif
> ( $myLevel = 5 ) { $myLevel = "../../../";}
> ?>
>
> then call the include like:
>
> <?php include ($myLevel . "includes/header.inc"); ?>
>
> Thanks T
>
>