php relative and absolute paths

include-path, php

Solution

I usually set a constant, either manually or like this:

define('ROOT', dirname(__FILE__));

Then do

require ROOT . '/include/file.php';

Problem

I have read that when including a php file that using absolute paths has a faster processing time than relative paths. What would you suggest to use? ``` include("includes/myscript.php"); ``` or ``` include("/home/ftpuser/public_html/includes/myscript.php"); ``` or even ``` set_include_path("/home/ftpuser/public_html/includes"); include("myscript.php"); ``` Or is it something that I really shouldn't worry about?

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