Michael,
the include_path is available via ini_get("include_path"). One could
split that path by ":", append the filename to each path and check with
file_exists(), true. I'm not sure whether this wouldn't be more
expensive than using fopen(,,1). Have to check that.
Thanks for the idea,
Ben
Michael Dearman wrote:
>
> Hi Ben,
> I thought maybe there was something like HTTP_SERVER_VARS["INCLUDE_PATH"],
> but apparently not.
>
> Could you just define your own $GLOBALS["my_include_path"] =
> and use that with file_exists()??
>
> Mike D.
>
> Ben Peter wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > is there a decent way to check whether a file is available on the
> > include_path? The only soultion I have found is
> >
> > if ( ( $fd = fopen( 'my_file', 'r', 1 ) ) ) {
> > fclose( $fd );
> > /* ok, file is there */
> > }
> >
> > That one's not really nice, at it opens the file for reading.
> >
> > It would be best to have the include_path switch for file_exists, just
> > as it works with fopen.
> >
> > Can someone better my workaround above?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ben
> >
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