[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17092: use dirname(__file__).'/file.php' instead of './file' for includes

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#17092: use dirname(__file__).'/file.php' instead of './file' for includes
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 Reporter:  ketwaroo               |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General                |     Version:  3.1.1
 Severity:  minor                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Comment (by nacin):

 I'm not sure I've ever run into a situation where `./` doesn't work the
 same as `dirname( __FILE__ )`. It skips include_path, looking for the file
 in the same directory.

 We used to have `require( 'admin.php' );` in some situations, thus relying
 on the include_path and often the script that started the process. But
 that shouldn't be the case here with `./`.

 I would like some real-life examples of issues where this fails. I've not
 seen a Windows server with a problem with this. Additionally, having
 multiple domains run off a single copy of WordPress multisite is pretty
 common, and given it's the same set of files, this doesn't really come
 into play as far as I can tell.

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