Here is the full context of the situation:
I recently got a new Mac, I'm a php developer so I downloaded MAMP and started developing.
First I noticed that my includes were not being included, but I changed that by configuring my php.ini
.
However now, when I try to include a file with a function it does not recognize the function.
For example I have a file named functions.php
:
<?php
function doit(){
echo "did it";
}
?>
and a file that includes it called index.php
<?php include("functions.php"); doit();?>
and I get this error message
Fatal error: Call to undefined function doit() in index.php on line 4
Sometimes the current directory isn't what you expect it to be, such as when you include a file from an included file.
I like to use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
on my includes so that I can always reference them absolutely from the root of my site:
<?php
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/includes/functions.php");
doit();
?>
If your includes directory is above your document root, you can use ..
to still reference from the root.