include_path query

[mejpark]

Hi XAMPP-ers,

I downloaded xampp-win32-1.6.6a.zip from SourceForge, and unpacked the archive to C:/xampp.

The include_path in C:/xampp/apache/bin/php.ini is configured like this by default:

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    include_path = ".;\xampp\php\pear\"

I created a script to test PEAR, and the test failed because the DB class was not found, despite the fact that the PEAR directory is specified in the include_path.

I experimented with various configurations, and finnaly managed to get it working by moving the current directory option (.) from the beginning of the string to the end:

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    include_path = "\xampp\php\pear\;."

So, why doesn't PEAR work when the current directory is specified first, and does work when the current directory is specified last??

Thanks!

[Wiedmann]

I created a script to test PEAR, and the test failed

- exact error message?
- the code (line from the error messsage)?

[mejpark]

Here's the pear_test.php script:

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<?php
require 'DB.php';
if (class_exists('DB')) {
    print "ok";
} else {
    print "failed";
}
?>

And the error:
"Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class DB in C:\xampp\php\PEAR\DB.php on line 433"

Line 433 points to the beginning of the DB class "class DB".

[Wiedmann]

In the directory of the file "pear_test.php", you have a file with the name "db.php" (or a subdirectory "db")?

[mejpark]

No, but the include_path tells PHP to look in:

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C:\xampp\php\pear\

Obviously, Windows is not case-sensitive, but I changed the include_path to:

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include_path = ".;\xampp\php\PEAR\"

and it works. What's more strange is that when I change it back to lowercase:

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include_path = ".;\xampp\php\pear\"

it works also?!! How weird.

Happy days