problem with include in PHP

Question

I have a php file called Route.php which is located on:

/var/www/api/src/fra/custom/Action

and the file I want to include is in:

/var/www/api/src/fra/custom/

So what I have inside route php is an absolute path to the two php file I want to include:

<?php

 include '/var/www/api/src/frapi/custom/myneighborlists.php';
 include '/var/www/api/src/frapi/custom/mynodes.php';

............
...........

?>

These two file has an array of large amount of size that I want to use in Route.php. When I do vardump($global) it just returns NULL. What am I missing here?

UPDATE:

I did an echo on the included file and it prints something, so therefore it is included.. however I can't get access that array... when I do a vardump on the array, it just returns NULL!

I did add a global $myarray inside the function in which I want to access the array from the other php file

Sample myneighborlists.php:

<?php

$myarray = array(
1=> array(3351=>179),
2=> array(3264=>172, 3471=>139),
3=> array(3467=>226),
4=> array(3309=>211, 3469=>227),
5=> array(3315=>364, 3316=>144, 3469=>153),
6=> array(3305=>273, 3309=>171),
7=> array(3267=>624, 3354=>465, 3424=>411, 3437=>632),
8=> array(3302=>655, 3467=>212),
9=> array(3305=>216, 3306=>148, 3465=>505),
10=> array(3271=>273, 3472=>254),
11=> array(3347=>273, 3468=>262),
12=> array(3310=>237, 3315=>237));

?>

try doing include('../myfile.php') instead of using an absolute path — jpea
– jpea, Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 3:02
test that the files are getting included correctly. maybe echo something out in your two includes. — Detect
– Detect, Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 3:08
Also, I believe you want to do var_dump( $GLOBALS ); to dump the current global variable table. Not sure if that was just quick typing on your behalf. — Dan Lugg
– Dan Lugg, Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 3:11
how are you executing Route.php is it part of another php script? — KJYe.Name
– KJYe.Name, Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 3:13
doing a var_dump global I saw that ["myarray"]=> &NULL }, why is this? it is not null.. it has like 800 entries in it — aherlambang
– aherlambang, Commented Mar 5, 2011 at 3:23

sush · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-05 03:10:24Z

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A better approach

define('APP_DIR', '/var/www/api/src/fra/custom');
include(APP_DIR.'/mynodes.php');

answered Mar 5, 2011 at 3:10

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Kyle · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-05 03:06:04Z

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set_include_path("/var/www/api/src/fra/custom");

Then include your files.

answered Mar 5, 2011 at 3:06

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