Fatal Error- Require_once - php

Question

I am getting the following error:
Warning: require_once(C:\xampp\htdocs\mvc\public\views\home\init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\mvc\public\index.php on line 3
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'C:\xampp\htdocs\mvc\public\views\home\init.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\mvc\public\index.php on line 3
In Index.php, my code is
<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '\views\home\init.php';
$app= new app;
?>
In init.php, my code is
<?php require_once __DIR__ . '\core\app.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '\core\controller.php';
In controller.php:
<?php
class controller
{
}
?>
In app.php
<?php
class app
{
public function _construct()
{
echo 'now what';
}
}
?>
My folder paths are:
htdocs\mvc\app\views\home\init.php
htdocs\mvc\app\core\app.php & controller.php
htdocs\mvc\public\index.php
Anybody please help? i have tried require_once (_DIR . ""); as well but not working.

Answer 1

Try this:
First do echo for the file path in index.php file like -
echo __DIR__ . '/views/home/init.php';
And then check whether the path is correct or not. If not, then change it accordingly and then use the path in require_once.

Answer 2

You can also test the permission of directory and file itself. There could be an issue of executing file if permission is read only.

Answer 3

restore the index.php file in your public folder.... the error will clear out.

Answer 4

Put index.php file in your public folder.... the error will clear out.
tested and verified