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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this is kind of a silly question, but as I can't sort it out I thought it might be good to get some help. The point is that the ".. /" to go back directory is not working.
The file I'm executing is in a folder that's on the main route and I need to go back to the main route and then enter another folder to load this other PHP file but it's not working what could be causing this issue.
ERRORS:
Warning: require_once(../PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in things/public_html/classes/Mail.php on line 3
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php' (include_path='.:/opt/alt/php71/usr/share/pear') in things/public_html/classes/Mail.php on line 3
DIRECTORY STRUCTURE:
File where the requiere once is:
/public_html/classes/filethatwantstoacces.php
File where it wants to get:
/public_html/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php
require_once('../PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php');
What you should be using is the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] variable. Please read this answer to another question for details.
If you are using PHP you should get into a habit of NOT using relative file paths at all but to use absolute paths, which will guarentee to succeed every time (As long as the target file exists and is reachable, etc.).
so; use $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
As a side note, you do not need to use brackets for your includes/requires, it's simply giving the server more work to do for no extra benefit.
The $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is the base directory of your PHP/web application, typically the contents of the folder /public_html.
Using correct syntax and the above $_SERVER value (which will point to the /public_html folder you will have:
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
This will work from any script within your directory structure, if the file (PHPMailerAutoload.php) exists and is reachable at that given location
Given your location
/public_html/classes/filethatwantstoacces.php
doing ../ gives you
/public_html/classes
so ../PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php evaluates to
/public_html/classes/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php
As #Martin has pointed out, using $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] to construct an absolute path to your file is the easiest way to avoid relative directory navigation errors such as this:
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
I have inside my div a php require to
require('inc/coreturni/list.php');
that requires again a db connection
require('inc/connect.inc.php');
and they both work when I load the page.
but if I try to refresh the div, by refreshing the first include file after a click event, with jquery load()
I got the following path error:
Warning: require(inc/connect.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni\list.inc.php on line 2
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'inc/connect.inc.php' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni\list.inc.php on line 2
why the path should be different? how could i fix it?
Your error explains it all:
Warning: require(inc/connect.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such
file or directory in
C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni\list.inc.php on line 2
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required 'inc/connect.inc.php'
(include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in
C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni\list.inc.php on line 2
Notice how it says it can’t find inc/connect.inc.php in this directory:
C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni
It’s because your require statements are referring to relative paths. So when the file list.inc.php is loaded, the require is assuming that inc/connect.inc.php is located in C:\xampp\htdocs\taximat\inc\coreturni. Which is why it is failing.
You should set a base path in your app like so. Just a note that I am unclear on forward-slash or back-slash syntax in a case like this since I work mainly on Mac & Unix systems and the error shows windows paths, but the PHP is showing Unix paths.
$BASE_PATH='/xampp/htdocs/taximat/inc/coreturni/';
And the require all files like this:
require($BASE_PATH . 'inc/coreturni/list.php');
And like this:
require($BASE_PATH . 'inc/connect.inc.php');
That way no matter where the files are called from, the require will use an absolute path to the file. And since $BASE_PATH is a one-time variable you set you can just set it in your main config file and not worry about it. To make the code portable, just change $BASE_PATH based on system setups.
When the page is displayed for the first time, your paths are like this:
page.php
inc/
coreturni/
list.php
connect.php
In other words, all require statements will be relative as seen from page.php.
However, when you request list.php directly using AJAX, it looks more like this:
list.php
../
connect.php
Now, the require should have been for ../connect.php.
Solution
One way to solve this is by calculating the absolute path based on the file currently being processed (i.e. list.php) like this:
require dirname(__DIR__) . '/connect.php';
The dirname(__DIR__) construct will always yield the directory on your file system that's one higher up than the current script is in.
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);
I try to include my files, but for some reason I can't...
Here is my structure:
On index.php, there is a include_once('includes/php/inc.php');. The inc.php contains these lines:
// Required classes
require_once '../classes/cl_calendar.php';
Perfect legitimate I think, but for some reason all I get is this error:
Warning: require_once(../classes/cl_calendar.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /customers/xxx/xxx/httpd.www/new/extra/php/inc.php on line 14 Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../classes/cl_calendar.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /customers/xxx/xxx/httpd.www/new/extra/php/inc.php on line 14
What makes this error to be displayed and how do I get rid of it?
The correct path is includes/classes/file.php. Why the ..? This would lead you one level over the root.
The reason for that is that even though the relative relation of the two included files may be a different one, you're including it from the index file and therefore the path has to be relative to the index file.
When you include a php file from another, it's just like taking the contents of that file and placing it in your initial (index.php) file. So, when you to require more files from the inc.php file it's being based on the path of the initial file. Try setting a base path in your index.php file and use that in your inc.php file. Try
// index.php
$base = "/var/www/htdocs/";
// or something like dirname(__FILE__) if it may change
include_once($base.'includes/php/inc.php');
// inc.php
require_once($base.'classes/cl_calendar.php');
Just Drag and drop this page cl_calendar.php to your index.php page, and and this will showing as href link then just copy full href path and paste it as it is in include.
or try this one
require_once(/../classes/cl_calendar.php);
When I use ../mysqlConnect.php I get the following messages.
Warning: require_once(../mysqlConnect.php) [function.require-once]:
failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/content/etc...
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
'../mysqlConnect.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/content/etc...
When I use the directory name - mydir/mysqlConnect.php - everything works fine.
require_once('../mysqlConnect.php') asks PHP to look in the directory above the one your script is currently in for mysqlConnect.php.
Since your connection file appears to be in a mydir directory, require_once('mydir/mysqlConnect.php') works because it looks in that directory, which is contained by the one it's currently in.
Visual representation (assuming script.php is your script including that file):
dir/
subdir/ # PHP looks here for ../mysqlConnect.php
script.php
mydir/ # PHP looks here for mydir/mysqlConnect.php
mysqlConnect.php
Require is relative to the invoced script, not the script you call require() in. Use something like this to have an absolute path:
require(dirname(__FILE__) . '/../mysqlConnect.php');
In PHP 5 you can also use DIR.
because it doesn't find your file then. to give a more specific answer I need to see you file-/folder-structure
That's because you are not specifying the correct include path. ../ refers to parent directory. ../../ goes two directories back, ../../../ goes three of them back. If the mysqlConnect.php file is present in the same folder as your script, you don't need to specify ../ in the include.
Make sure that you specify the correct path. You can easily check whether or not you are specifying correct path like:
if (file_exists('../mysqlConnect.php'))
{
echo 'Iam specifying the correct path !!';
}
else
{
echo 'Well, I am not :(';
}