failed to open stream using include - php

Question

Hello all this is a simple question which is already there in stack overflow but I tried all the possible answers still it's not fixed
I need to include config file which is under assets folder i tried the following code
include_once '../config.php' ;
am getting error like this
Warning: include(assets/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\xampp\htdocs\project\assets\handler\ContactHandler.php on line 4
Warning: include(): Failed opening 'assets/config.php' for inclusion (include_path='E:\xampp\php\PEAR') in E:\xampp\htdocs\project\assets\handler\ContactHandler.php on line 4
kindly suggest me a possible way to include config file in ContactHandler.php
ContachHandler.php
<?php
include_once 'E:\xampp\htdocs\project\assets\config.php';
echo "ddddd";
exit;
include (CONTROLLER.'ContactController.php');
$form = $_POST['form'];
$cnt_controller = new ContactController();
switch ($form)
{
case 'AddContact':
$cnt_controller->AddContact($_POST);
break;
case 'ContactUs':
$cnt_controller->ContactUs($_POST);
break;
}
?>

Answer 1

Check to see if your include path changed and check file/folder permissions.
Try out this code:
<?php
$config_path = '../config.php' ;
if (file_exists($config_path)){
require_once $config_path;
}
else {
$config_path = 'config.php';
if (file_exists($config_path)) {
require_once $config_path;
}
else {
$config_path = '../../config.php';
require_once $config_path;
}
}
echo "ddddd";
echo $config_path;
exit;
?>
For testing set static path:
include_once 'E:\xampp\htdocs\project\assets\config.php';
Hope this helps!