stream_resolve_include_path

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.2, PHP 7, PHP 8)

stream_resolve_include_path Resolve filename against the include path

Description

stream_resolve_include_path(string $filename): string|false

Resolve filename against the include path according to the same rules as fopen()/include.

Parameters

filename

The filename to resolve.

Return Values

Returns a string containing the resolved absolute filename, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 stream_resolve_include_path() example

Basic usage example.

<?php
var_dump
(stream_resolve_include_path("test.php"));
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(22) "/var/www/html/test.php"

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tambet dot matiisen at gmail dot com
11 years ago
stream_resolve_include_path() seems to cache it's output. After I renamed a file, I had to restart Apache for stream_resolve_include_path() to not return non-existing file name. This was on Windows.
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kawewong at gmail dot com
3 years ago
In some case like this, you can't use `realpath()` or `file_exists()` without resolve its path.

Example:

file.php
subfolder/
..|- included.php
..|- subfolder/
.........|- another-included.php

file.php contents:
```
<?php
var_dump
(file_exists('subfolder/included.php'));// true
include 'subfolder/included.php';
?>
```

subfolder/included.php contents:
```
<?php
var_dump
(file_exists('subfolder/another-included.php'));// false but the file is really exists.
var_dump(file_exists(stream_resolve_include_path('subfolder/another-included.php')));// with `stream_resolve_include_path()` function, it returns true now.
include 'subfolder/another-included.php';// working fine, no errors.
?>
```

subfolder/subfolder/another-included.php contents:
```
<?php
echo 'Hello world';
?>
```
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