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Request #28040 __DIR__ - Another 'magic constant'
Submitted: 2004-04-17 19:50 UTC Modified: 2004-04-18 01:01 UTC
Votes:3
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.8
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (66.7%)
Same OS:2 (66.7%)
From: fb at fbeyer dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Feature/Change Request
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 [2004-04-17 19:50 UTC] fb at fbeyer dot com 
Description:
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It would be extremely handy to extend the 'magic constant' family by __DIR__ - a constant poining to the directory where the current file is located, ending with a directory separator slash.

__DIR__ could be defined in user-land by

<?php
// Defined as constant - so it won't be usable for
// other files...
define('__DIR__', dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);

// Use __DIR__
require __DIR__ . 'another-file-for-this-library.php';
?>

Many scripts (e.g. SMARTY_DIR) already define variables/constants for this purpose. __DIR__ would be a nice feature to write include_path independent scripts.

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 [2004-04-17 20:23 UTC] helly@php.net 
This would also ease writing test scripts.
 [2004-04-18 01:01 UTC] derick@php.net 
Just use dirname(__FILE__) if you need this information, we will not add this.

regards,
Derick
 [2010-03-04 18:04 UTC] hellbringer at gmail dot com 
"we will not add this"

http://php.net/manual/en/language.constants.predefined.php

:)
 
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