title: What does the punctuation in include_path mean?
body: <p>In the php menue <a href="http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.include-path" rel="nofollow">http://php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.include-path</a></p>
  
  <p>Example #1 Unix include_path</p>
  
  <pre><code>include_path=".:/php/includes"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>.</code> means the current directory , what does <code>:</code> mean here?</p>
  
  <p>Example #2 Windows include_path</p>
  
  <pre><code>include_path=".;c:\php\includes"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>.</code> means the current directory , what does <code>;</code> mean here?</p>