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Author Re: Re: Re: Frustrated with PHP?s "include"
steve

2004-07-25, 3:55 pm

"Tony Marston" wrote:
> "steve" <UseLinkToEmail@dbForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:10g5ct6bktt76bd@news.supernews.com...
> EXACTLY! That is the way it was designed to work and the way it has
> been
> working for many years. If all the other PHP developers can live

with
> it
> then why can’t you?

Tony, I have to live with what is there now (is there a choice?). The
point is where the language is going. As an "open language", the
user community can influence its development.

If you look at Chung’s message, there is at least another long thread
on the same subject, so believe me, I am not alone in this.

"Tony Marston" wrote:
>
> If this were changed in PHP to be relative
> to the current include() file then would break a huge number of
> existing
> scripts.
>

No, you simply intro. something like "include_relative", and leave
"include" alone as is.

"Tony Marston" wrote:
>
>
> I suggest you change your approach to one that reflects the way

that
> PHP
> actually works. Trying to force PHP to do what it was not designed

to
> do and
> then bitching about it is not a sensible idea.
>


Bitching is good. Gets new things developed. If no one bitches,
nothing new gets done.

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