From:	Walter Torres	Date:	Fri Mar 28 23:40:43 2008
Subject:	PHP & IIS - defining a path

can anyone explain to me why this...

       // PHP_SELF = \walter\test.php
       // __FILE__ = \\NAWINFS03\home\web\rh.itdoes\walter\test.php
       // $_path   = \\NAWINFS03\home\web\rh.itdoes

       $_path = substr( __FILE__, 0, 0-strlen($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']) );

       require_once $_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';

fails...

        Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required [file as defined in $path]

And yes, $path echos what I expect it to.

But this, hard coded definition...

       $path = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .
               'NAWINFS03' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .
               'home' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .
               'web' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .
               'rh.itdoes';

       require_once $_path . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'config.php';

This works fine! ??

But this coded version will *not* work if I use '\' (yes, even escaped).

I really need to get $path dynamically defined.

Can anyone shed some light on this? (Beyond "don't use IIS")

Thanks

Walter