Cannot require parent directory in phpUnit

Question

I have a problem with phpUnit.

Whenever I try to open a file using require (or any other similar function) which is not in the same directory or subdirectory as the test file itself, phpUnit throws this error:

Warning: include_once Failed opening "C:\....." for inclusion (include path = '.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR')

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you

Answer 1

try using realpath and dirname to get a full path

# ../myfolder/file.php 
$path = realpath(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))."/myfolder/file.php"

# ./file.php
$path = realpath(dirname(__FILE__))."/file.php"

# ../file.php
$path = realpath(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))."/file.php"

# ../../file.php
$path = realpath(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))))."/file.php"