disc@puff:~/php$ ls
a.php data include
disc@puff:~/php$ tree
.
├── a.php
├── data
│ └── d.php
└── include
├── b.php
└── c.php
2 directories, 4 files
disc@puff:~/php$ cat a.php
a.php is including include/b.php ...
<?php include "include/b.php" ?>
disc@puff:~/php$ cat include/b.php
b.php is including c.php and ../data/d.php ...
<?php include "c.php" ?>
<?php include "../data/d.php" ?>
disc@puff:~/php$ cat include/c.php
c.php
disc@puff:~/php$ cat data/d.php
d.php
disc@puff:~/php$ php a.php
a.php is including include/b.php ...
b.php is including c.php and ../data/d.php ...
c.php
PHP Warning: include(../data/d.php): failed to open stream: No
such file or directory in /home/disc/php/include/b.php on line 3
PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening '../data/d.php' for
inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/
disc/php/include/b.php on line 3
disc@puff:~/php$
Why include "c.php"succeeds but include "../data/d.php"fails?
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php mentions: "If the path is determined - absolute (starting with the drive letter or \ on Windows or on Unix / Linux systems) or relative to the current directory (starting with . or ..) - include_path will be ignored altogether. For example, if the file name starts with. /, the parser will look in the parent directory to find the requested file. "
Parent directory of what?
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