alex_r Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 $path = '/usr/local/pear/share/pear/'; set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path); What does this line do? PHP documentation explains it as extending the include path. In this example we add /usr/lib/pear to the end of the existing include_path. <?php $path = '/usr/lib/pear'; set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path); ?> echo outputs : .:/opt/lampp/bin/php:/usr/local/pear/share/pear/ Can someone please break down the concept for me? Also login seems to work when even if I do this: (path where QuickForm2 is installed for my setup: Ubuntu 16.10 xampp-5.6.30-0) $path = '/opt/lampp/lib/php/HTML/'; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_r Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Am not sure if my understanding of the concept is correct, so I'd appreciate any input to help me with it. set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path); This line tells PHP to first search for the included file (in this Script "require('HTML/QuickForm2.php');") in the path returned by "get_included_path()". If the file is not found there, then PHP will look for the file in "$path". Have I got it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Yes, that's exactly right. And the "path" is the list of directories in which the operating system will look for stuff. The path normally refers to executables, and this is a variant on that: the include path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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