Demo Plugin Paths

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Do all those variations and combinations in __FILE__, dirname, basename, etc. confuse you as much as they do me? Be confused no more. The Demo Paths plugin simply lists each common variation out in it’s administration page for you to peruse any time your confusion reigns. I can’t program WordPress without this plugin!

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<?php
/*
 Plugin Name: Demo Plugin Paths
 Plugin URI: http://website-in-a-weekend.net/plugins/demo-plugins/
 Description: A brief description of the Plugin.
 Version: 0.1
 Author: Dave Doolin
 Author URI: http://website-in-a-weekend.net/
 */
 
/*  Copyright 2009 David M. Doolin  (email : david.doolin@gmail.com)
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 */
 
 
 
if (!class_exists("demo_plugin_paths")) {
 
    class demo_plugin_paths {
 
        function demo_plugin_paths() {
            add_action('admin_menu', array(&$this, 'on_admin_menu'));
        }
 
        function on_admin_menu() {
            add_options_page('Demo Paths Page', 'Demo Paths', 8, __FILE__ , array (&$this, 'paths_options'));
        }
 
        function paths_options() {
        	/**
        	 * Move all the html to it's own
        	 * file, makes everything much cleaner.
        	 */
            include('paths.html');	
		}
 
    }
 
}
 
$wpdpd = new demo_plugin_paths();
?>

Download the Demo Plugin Paths.