diff --git a/language/control-structures/include.xml b/language/control-structures/include.xml index e5a8c3cc7c..9a96bb53be 100644 --- a/language/control-structures/include.xml +++ b/language/control-structures/include.xml @@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ fatal error. - If a path is defined (full or relative), the - include_path will be ignored altogether. - For example, if a filename begins with ../, the parser will - look in the parent directory to find the requested file. + If a path is defined — whether absolute (starting with a drive letter + on Windows, or / on Unix/Linux systems) or relative to + the current directory (starting with . or + ..) — the + include_path will be ignored + altogether. For example, if a filename begins with ../, + the parser will look in the parent directory to find the requested file. For more information on how PHP handles including files and the include path,