define('ENV_SEPARATOR', strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'win' ? ';' : ':');
if (!defined('DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR')) {
	// Older versions of PHP do not define this
	define('DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR', strtolower(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'win' ? '\\' : '/');
}
define('BASE_SYS_DIR', dirname(INDEX_FILE_LOCATION));
chdir(BASE_SYS_DIR);

// System-wide functions
require('./lib/pkp/includes/functions.inc.php');

// Initialize the application environment
import('classes.core.Application');

return new Application();