How can I change the include_path in order to access PEAR packages?

[msns4345]

Hi everyone!

 

I need to use a couple of PEAR packages for my website on heliohost, but I just can't set the include_path for my code to see these packages.

 

The PEAR packages are being installed under /home1/my_domain/php/

 

My code is in this folder: /home1/my_domain/public_html/

 

If, for example, I need to use the package Net_UserAgent_Detect

 

I have this line in my code:

require_once( "Net/UserAgent/Detect.php" );

 

and I get this error:

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'php/Net/UserAgent/Detect.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home1/missions/public_html/browser_sniffer.php on line 13

 

If I change the code to:

require_once( "../php/Net/UserAgent/Detect.php" );

 

then everything works fine.

 

The problem is that I need to use a lot of PEAR packages and some have tons of files I would need to modify the 'require_once' lines for.

 

I think I need to add "../php/" to my include_path in PHP but I haven't been able to do that.

 

I tried this:

ini_set("include_path", '../php:' . ini_get("include_path") );

 

but no luck. It seems like heliohost does not let me edit php.ini.

 

Can someone please tell me how I can add '../php/' to my include_path ?

 

I would be very grateful!

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest Geoff]

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-include-path.php

[msns4345]

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-include-path.php

 

Thank you, Geoff. It works!

I see I wasn't setting the include_path correctly.

 

I notice though that the new include_path doesn't stay saved.

 

Do I have to have

 

$path = '/home1/missions/php';

set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path);

 

in all of my scripts that use the PEAR packages?

[Guest Geoff]

Yes; I would recommend using a global PHP include file that you can make changes to all of your scripts.

[msns4345]

Yes; I would recommend using a global PHP include file that you can make changes to all of your scripts.

 

Ok. I see.

 

Thanks a lot for your help!

[jje]

Glad your problem got solved.