Re: [PHP] another question on setting include paths for a project

On Tue, 23 Mar 2010, Richard Quadling wrote:

> However you want to identify the location, the autoloading techniques
> will allow you to only need to identify the location once. As compared
> to every file meticulously maintaining relative links to files.
>
> So, for testing, would this not work?
>
> RunTests C:\Dev\Checkouts\PROJ\trunk\tests
> RunTests C:\Installed\PROJ\V1.1\Tests
> RunTests C:\Installed\PROJ\V2.2\Tests
> RunTests C:\Installed\PROJ\V3.3\Tests
>
> sort of thing?
>
> And in RunTests, you set the location based upon the $argv[1] (using
> the autoloader technique).
>
> No env_var. No include_path.

  sure, but deep down, you're still doing what i'm claiming has to be
done at some point -- *explicitly* identifying the target location.
you're just doing it in a different way, which is fine and might be
what i'm after.

rday
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