diff --git a/Build/build-phar.php b/Build/build-phar.php
index 5e505aa7..d2e5063c 100644
--- a/Build/build-phar.php
+++ b/Build/build-phar.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if (ini_get('phar.readonly')) {
 $pharName = 'PHPExcel.phar';
 
 // target folder
-$sourceDir = dirname(__DIR__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Classes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+$sourceDir = dirname(dirname(__FILE__)) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'Classes' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 
 // default meta information
 $metaData = array(
diff --git a/Examples/32chartreadwrite.php b/Examples/32chartreadwrite.php
index 614dc6e0..797612e9 100644
--- a/Examples/32chartreadwrite.php
+++ b/Examples/32chartreadwrite.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ $inputFileNames = 'templates/32readwrite*[0-9].xlsx';
 if ((isset($argc)) && ($argc > 1)) {
 	$inputFileNames = array();
 	for($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++$i) {
-		$inputFileNames[] = __DIR__ . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
+		$inputFileNames[] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
 	}
 } else {
 	$inputFileNames = glob($inputFileNames);
diff --git a/Examples/35chartrender.php b/Examples/35chartrender.php
index bb3ec5f2..601fb4c8 100644
--- a/Examples/35chartrender.php
+++ b/Examples/35chartrender.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ $inputFileNames = 'templates/32readwrite*[0-9].xlsx';
 	if ((isset($argc)) && ($argc > 1)) {
 	$inputFileNames = array();
 	for($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++$i) {
-		$inputFileNames[] = __DIR__ . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
+		$inputFileNames[] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
 	}
 } else {
 	$inputFileNames = glob($inputFileNames);
diff --git a/Examples/36chartreadwriteHTML.php b/Examples/36chartreadwriteHTML.php
index d2c0a703..3998378c 100644
--- a/Examples/36chartreadwriteHTML.php
+++ b/Examples/36chartreadwriteHTML.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ $inputFileNames = 'templates/36write*.xlsx';
 if ((isset($argc)) && ($argc > 1)) {
 	$inputFileNames = array();
 	for($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++$i) {
-		$inputFileNames[] = __DIR__ . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
+		$inputFileNames[] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
 	}
 } else {
 	$inputFileNames = glob($inputFileNames);
diff --git a/Examples/36chartreadwritePDF.php b/Examples/36chartreadwritePDF.php
index f1b41302..bdac4713 100644
--- a/Examples/36chartreadwritePDF.php
+++ b/Examples/36chartreadwritePDF.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ $inputFileNames = 'templates/36write*.xlsx';
 if ((isset($argc)) && ($argc > 1)) {
 	$inputFileNames = array();
 	for($i = 1; $i < $argc; ++$i) {
-		$inputFileNames[] = __DIR__ . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
+		$inputFileNames[] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/templates/' . $argv[$i];
 	}
 } else {
 	$inputFileNames = glob($inputFileNames);
diff --git a/unitTests/custom/complexAssert.php b/unitTests/custom/complexAssert.php
index 486e0929..5b813d25 100644
--- a/unitTests/custom/complexAssert.php
+++ b/unitTests/custom/complexAssert.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-include_once __DIR__.'/Complex.php';
+include_once dirname(__FILE__).'/Complex.php';
 
 
 class complexAssert {