Cannot include php files from root using subdomain - php

I have recently made an API now for that api i have made a subdomain however it broke my php file includes
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/core/init.php';
now my subdomain i am using is api.website.com and i need to include something from website.com when i try to include its giving the root of the subdomain,
Summary
When i try to include init.php i get
Warning: include(/home/website/public_html/API/core/init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/website/public_html/api/apex/getusers.php on line 2
When i actually need
Warning: include(/home/website/public_html/core/init.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/website/public_html/api/apex/getusers.php on line 2
I apologize for my grammar if need be.

Changing your include path to
include ("../../core/init.php");
will fix your problem. However, this is not a recommended approach.
You should think about using a dependency manager like composer. ( https://getcomposer.org/ ). Then your included files will always be under a directory like
/home/website/public_html/vendor/core
and there will be less of a chance of your application breaking if the files in /home/website/public_html/core change.

This should work.
include("../core/init.php");

Use following code
include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/../core/init.php';
visit https://developer.hyvor.com/php/including-files-in-root-with-subdomain.php to learn more.

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Warning: include(../includes/db.php): failed to open stream:

This is the problem I am facing now Can you please suggest me to get rid of this problem. Before I have not get this problem It was working nicely now I don't know what happened the path is correct only. Anyone please solve it...
Warning: include(../includes/db.php): failed to open stream: No such
file or directory in
C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\admin\includes\admin_header.php on line 3
Warning: include(): Failed opening '../includes/db.php' for inclusion
(include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in
C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\admin\includes\admin_header.php on line 3
Warning: include(functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file
or directory in
C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\admin\includes\admin_header.php on line 4
Warning: include(): Failed opening 'functions.php' for inclusion
(include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in
C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\admin\includes\admin_header.php on line 4
Based on the error posted, it seems to be that the include_path is referring to the path (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') while the PHP files are included in some other folder.
You need to update the include_path variable to point to the correct location. You can find this in the php.ini file.
Computers don't lie, if it says it doesn't see it, then it is not there
Make sure you are making it look at the right place, and if I will advise you do it manually also to confirm
I also suspect it is an issue arising from using relative paths. Please make sure the path is right considering where you are currently calling the file from
e.g calling include(../includes/db.php) from index.php is different from calling it from admin/index.php
EDIT
If your are calling from C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\admin\includes\admin_header.php to C:\xampp\htdocs\portfolio\includes
then
include(../../includes/db.php);
is the right syntax to use
Hope this Helps
I have had this the same issue before and it ended up being something dumb on my part i forgot to start the MySQL on the XAMPP control panel. I'm sure i'm late the the party on the answer but hope it can help someone later down the road.
a bit late but i just reply for those who might get the same error .
assuming you are storing header.php in your includes directory and its not beside your index.php,so when you include bd.php into your header.php and then including your header.php into your index.php pay attention that apache knows index.php direcotroy as your pwd so if you have set that relative path for db.php based on header.php directory its not gonna work.you can use absolute path to avoid this or just set you relative path based on relative location of db.php from index.php
It look likes, the files you are trying to include in your php codes, are not on that place. Try to save all your include files in a particular folder and then call it wherever you want to call it.
suppose your index.php file is in xampp/htdocs/your_folder_name/index.php , then simply create a folder name whatever you want to name it inside your folder name your_folder_name/your_new_folder and save all your files which you want to include, as if you are saving db.php then call it on the top of your page as:
<?php include("your_new_folder/db.php");?>
This has to do with how you are coding your relative path.
I am assuming you got this error when your app made reference to admin_header.php, which has an include() to try and call {document_root}/porfolio/admin/includes/db.php. My educated guess is it contains your implementation of the connection string to the database.
The correct relative path should be: include('../../includes/db.php');
This link should give you a better understanding of relative paths (and paths in general).
https://phpdelusions.net/articles/paths
In case this helps anyone else, I had this problem and then realised WAMP had crashed (or maybe I didn't start it). Either way, WAMP wasn't running on my local machine, so... doh.
This should be the very first thing you check (in line with, "is it plugged in?").
Try removing relative paths ("../")
e.g. change include(../includes/db.php) to include(includes/db.php)

PHP is looking for a file in the wrong place

I am an amateur web developer and I am trying to get my site live for the first time. The site is working and all of the files are uploaded but the site is not loading my PHP includes.
Here is the error message:
Warning: include(includes/header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home4/myUsername/public_html/index.php on line 3
How can I get PHP to look in public_html/ rather than public_html/index.php?
EDIT: I have tried editing the include path. It doesn't seem to change where php is looking for the file. Additionally my includes work properly in localhost.
I'm going to assume this is your folder structure:
public_html/index.php
public_html/includes/header.php
Generally (not always), $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will now reflect the path to the base public_html directory (this I'm assuming based on the context of your message). This means you can always point to the root this way. - no matter if you have /index.php or /my/deep/file/structure.php
Try this with your include statement on index.php
<?php
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/header.php');
You may need to change the include path in your php.ini file or use set_include_path() to change the include path.
Here is the manual entry for the function call if you'd like to read more about it.
Have you checked already the include file?
in given. include(folder_includes/file_header.php);

Web application not finding file in what appears to be the correct path

I tried to reorganise my facebook application files into better folders and now when I try to load my application on facebook it throws the following error:
Warning: require_once(../scripts/mysql_connect.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\<root folder>\Model\Database.php on line 3
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../scripts/mysql_connect.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\<root folder>\Model\Database.php on line 3
The second error is a result of the failure of the first one I think. The weird thing is that my program works perfectly fine when I'm accessing through the localhost url in the browser but when I run it through facebook it throws this error.
In my root folder I have a "Model" folder where the Database.php file is kept and a "scripts" folder where the mysql_connect.php file is kept. I have tried clearing my cache on the browser and using private browsing but it is still throwing this error.
Does anyone know what could be wrong?
EDIT: Sorry this does not seem to be working in localhost either now! One thing I think is weird is that it says "failed to open stream : NO SUCH FILE OR DIRECTORY IN" and then lists the database.php path. Why is it looking in there?
I use the line require_once('../scripts/mysql_connect.php'); at the top of my Database.php file to include it.
It seems that on the server there is a different working directory. Something like the following owuld be a quick fix
dirname(__FILE__) . '/../scripts/mysql_connect.php'
Ok I've fixed this, but I'm still unsure why it was a problem. In my root folder I have two folders: scripts, and Model. I have a database.php file in my Model folder which has the following line of code in:
require_once('../scripts/mysql_connect.php');
For some reason this did not work, but by replacing the line with:
require_once('/scripts/mysql_connect.php');
This started working again! Just thought I would post the solution. Does anyone know why the other way failed? I thought the ".." just makes it go up one level in the folder hierarchy i.e. to the root folder in this case, and then follow the path which would have taken it to the file...
EDIT: This appears to only have solved it for localhost and not through Facebook...
Do you have permission to edit your php.ini file? One solution would be to find the line with the include path (you'll notice it has C:\xampp\php\PEAR in there already). Include the full path to the "scripts" folder you're referencing, then you can change the php code to read:
require_once('mysql_connect.php');
PHP will be able to find this file since it's in the include path. Just make sure that if you start adding several include paths that you shouldn't have a file named mysql_connect.php in two or more of the different include paths because you'll most likely get errors. Hope this helps. It definitely makes for some cleaner code.

How can I protect my included php files from direct access?

My script...
index.php
DEFINE('DIR', 'http://www.example.com');
DEFINE('IN_PAGE', TRUE);
INCLUDE DIR . ('/incl/header.php');
INCLUDE DIR . ('/incl/content.php');
INCLUDE DIR . ('/incl/footer.php');
/incl/header.php
if (!defined('IN_PAGE'))
{
header("Status: 403 Forbidden");
exit('<B>403 Forbidden</B>');
}
Visiting index.php
Warning:
include(http://www.example.com/incl/header.php)
[function.include]: failed to open
stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1
403 Forbidden in
/public_html/incl/index-incl.php
on line 4
Warning: include() [function.include]:
Failed opening
'http://www.example.com/incl/header.php'
for inclusion
(include_path='.:/usr/lib64/php:/usr/lib/php') in
/public_html/incl/index-incl.php
on line 4
It works kinda, if I try accessing the file directly I get "Forbidden" message like I wanted.. But I can't include it in my script.. even though I'm pretty sure I followed phpBB's dev wiki correctly.
I'm pretty damn novice, so your help is greatly appreciated! =]
Go for use of htaccess
The ideal way would be to place your include files outside of the webroot.
This is not always possible so make sure your include files don't 'run' any code by themselves. Adopt an Object Oriented approach where either a file contains runnable code, or it's a class file that doesn't do anything by itself.
Another alternative would be to change the extensions of your include files (to .inc for instance) and deny these from direct access with htaccess.
As a pro-tip: when you're including files always include with an absolute path:
include(dirname(__FILE__) . "/includes/template.inc");
// __FILE__ is the diskpath of the current file
and not:
include("includes/template.inc");
This will save you many headaches.
And as the other guys said, never include files from another webserver (http://), this means you're doing something fundamentally wrong :P
You are trying to include like
INCLUDE ('http://www.example.com/incl/header.php');
basically
Change the dir to
DEFINE('DIR', dirname(__FILE__));
Or something similar so it's not using a domain in the include path which then means the include is done locally.
you tries to include a remote file DEFINE('DIR', 'http://www.example.com'); so your server actually calls the url, gets the error and shows it
use relative path eg. DEFINE('DIR', '/'); instead
Your problem is, include uses the local path of files, not the urls. You need to know what is the root path of your files in your account, like /home/your_account/public_html/

require wp-load.php 3 directories back

I'm trying to include a file (/wp-load.php) at the beginning of the /html/ directory. I'm trying to include it from /wp-content/themes/pw-steel-orange/index-load.php, but I always get the error message
Warning: require_once(../wp-load.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /nfs/c07/h01/mnt/102799/domains/platyworld.com/html/wp-content/themes/pw-steel-orange/index-load.php on line 1
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../wp-load.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php-5.2.6-1/share/pear') in /nfs/c07/h01/mnt/102799/domains/platyworld.com/html/wp-content/themes/pw-steel-orange/index-load.php on line 1
Am I doing something wrong? I though ../ brings the includes to the beginning directory
Sorry if this is a duplicate, I couldn't find something related to this in my searches...
You can issue the following command to see where you are pulling the file from (where you are at):
// get your current working directory
echo getcwd();
Then include the file accordingly.
// file is 3 dirs back
include '../../../wp-load.php';
If you are using a framework like CodeIgniter, for instance, there will be an index.php file at the very start of your application that will be calling all other code. So you would have to include that file according to that file.
Most frameworks use something they call a BASEPATH that is the current actual full server path to the site. This may prove very useful when migrating your site to another destination.
Here is a semi-automated way to do this:
$incPath = str_replace("/wp-content/plugins/PLUGIN_NAME","",getcwd());
ini_set('include_path', $incPath);
include('wp-load.php');
Regardless though, it's still a bad idea to include wp-load.php. ( if this link is ever deleted, See that page here )

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