Virtual directories for multiple sites with common code?

[Spork52]

I have several PHP sites which use common code (about 90% of the code is the same). All the sites are hosted on a dedicated Windows server.

Is there any reason I can't put the common code in a single directory and then use virtual directories in each site to access the code?

If so, where should I put the common code? (Does it matter where?)

And how would I accomplish this? The control panel (Helm) lets me add virtual directories to a site, but it seems they can only reference other folders in the same site.

 

[JFBouchard]

Hello, go ahead, no problem.

The physical location is not important.

Hope this helps. Please let me know if this resolve your issue

Jeff

 

[Spork52]

Okay, I tried it, but got these errors:

Warning: include(../../common/includes/connect.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\

http://wwwroot\mysite.com\website\php\myfile.php

on line 21

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '../../common/includes/connect.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in D:\

http://wwwroot\mysite.com\website\php\myfile.php

on line 21

common is a virtual directory at the same level as website. It points to a real directory called common which is at the same level as mysite.com and contains the includes directory. I enabled read and run scripts when setting up the virtual directory.