How to include PHP files that require an absolute path? I have a directory structure like the following;      script.php     inc/include1.php     inc/include2.php    objects/object1.php    objects/object2.php    soap/soap.php Now, I use those objects in both script.php and /soap/soap.php, I could move them, but I want the directory structure like that for a specific reason. When executing script.php the include path is inc/include.php and when executing /soap/soap.php it's ../inc, absolute paths work, /mnt/webdev/[project name]/inc/include1.php... But it's an ugly solution if I ever want to move the directory to a different location.