Le Mer 12 Janvier 2005 01:31, Matthew Palmer a écrit : > [No Cc needed, as per list policy] > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 11:47:42PM +0100, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > > it's _quite_ true that you don't need to play with include_path. > > > your library has to know it's installed > > > into /usr/share/php/<app-or-library-name> and either : > > > * use some __FILE__ magic in its requires/includes > > > * already use requires on <app-or-library-name>/*php files > > > > > > And I assume a lots of intern libraries are do not know how to do > > > that. even some that ARE packaged into > > > /usr/share/php/<app-or-library-name> > > > > what a mess. > > new try : > > > > It's only half-true that putting a lib into > > /usr/share/php/<libname> is fine. the lib has to be able to manage > > such a thing, and it's a requirement for a lib put into > > /usr/share/php/<libname> to be able to live there, without having > > to change anything in the include_path > > > > what I meant is that : > > > > libfile1.php live in /usr/share/php/mylib > > > > if libfile2.php has a : > > > > require 'libfile1.php'; anywhere, then it's not valid to package > > that lib in /usr/share/php/mylib, because libfile2.php > > NEEDS /usr/share/php/mylib to be in the include_path. > > So you patch libfile2.php to require_once 'mylib/libfile1.php' > instead of just 'libfile1.php'. We've learnt to do this with C > include files, why can't people work out the same thing for PHP? > It's probably because of PHP's history as an easy, quick-hack > language, that a lot of people with very little idea of even the > basics of writing software have made an awful lot of really bad > decisions... sure, but in C, you find the problem really quick : one compilation and you know if pathes are OK. in php, you cannot know ... you have to be really more careful. > > I hope this was more understandable that the previous post > > It is a bit easier, so I've replied to this one instead of your > first. yeah, sorry, english is not my mother tongue, and after midnight, it's too difficult for me ;D -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O OOO http://www.madism.org
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