On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Bob Lockie wrote:
> On 02/04/03 13:16 Philip Olson spoke thusly
>
> > On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Bob Lockie wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I don't appear to be able to use this variable in an include directive
> >>because the variable is empty:
> >>include "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
> >>
> >>Do I have the syntax incorrect?
> >
> >
> > Please post the exact syntax as you did not as the
> > above will provide a serious parse error.
> include "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']/visit_db.php";
> I am using 4.3.0, there is no release later.
Then according to my post, this will not work and
is affected by the mentioned bug. So, rewrite it.
Regards,
Philip
> > To test
> > if a value exists, do:
> >
> > var_dump($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
> >
> > Or phpinfo(). Now, going off a guess, try:
> >
> > include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/foo.php';
> >
> > The following will NOT work in 4.3.0 as there
> > is a bug when using the following syntax:
> >
> > echo "$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']";
> > echo "Er, $iam['inastringand'] buggy in 4.3.0";
> >
> > Note that the above gives a parse error in 4.2.3,
> > a bogus E_NOTICE error in 4.3.0, and will work (no
> > parse error) in 4.3.1. Now, the following always
> > works:
> >
> > echo "{$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']}";
> > echo "So {$i['willalwayswork']} yeah!";
> >
> > Note: We are specifically talking about using arrays
> > within strings where the array key is quoted.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Philip
> >
> > P.s. Autoglobals, such a $_SERVER, became available in
> > PHP in PHP 4.1.0
> >
> >
>
>
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