Problem
The structure I have is as follows:
otsg
> class
> authentication.php
> database.php
> user.php
> include
> config.inc.php
> encryption.php
> include.php
> session.php
> index.php
> registration.php
The include.php file contains the following code:
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('include_path',ini_get('include_path').':/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/otsg/:');
require_once 'config.inc.php';
require_once '../class/database.php';
require_once '../class/user.php';
require_once 'encryption.php';
require_once 'session.php';
require_once '../class/authentication.php';
I had also included in the index.php page
require_once 'include/include.php';
I get the following warning and fatal error when I open the index.php page. I’m not sure what’s causing this problem. It works when I give the absolute path. However, I believe that taking an absolute road is not a smart idea.
Warning: require_once(../class/database.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/otsg/include/include.php on line 9
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../class/database.php' (include_path='.:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5.3/lib/php:/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/otsg/include/:') in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/otsg/include/include.php on line 9
Thanks in advance
Asked by user525146
Solution #1
Use
__DIR__
to obtain the script’s current path, and this should resolve your issue.
So:
require_once(__DIR__.'/../class/user.php');
This prevents situations when a PHP script can be run from a different folder and the related routes do not work.
The slash issue has been resolved.
Answered by Raisen
Solution #2
__DIR__ will not work with PHP 5.2.17; it will only work with PHP 5.3.
However, dirname( FILE ) works well for previous versions of PHP.
For instance, write as follows:
require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/db_config.php';
Answered by Mobile Tech.
Solution #3
It doesn’t work in my situation; even with __DIR__ or getcwd(), it keeps picking the wrong path; I fixed the problem by defining a costant in every file I require with the project’s absolute base path:
if(!defined('THISBASEPATH')){ define('THISBASEPATH', '/mypath/'); }
require_once THISBASEPATH.'cache/crud.php';
/*every other require_once you need*/
I’m using MAMP with PHP 5.4.10, and my folder structure is as follows:
q.php
w.php
e.php
r.php
cache/a.php
cache/b.php
setting/a.php
setting/b.php
….
Answered by linuxatico
Solution #4
I recently ran across the identical issue, where everything was working fine until I had an includes within an includes.
require_once '../script/pdocrud.php'; //This worked fine up until I had an includes within another includes, then I got this error:
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../script/pdocrud.php' (include_path='.:/opt/php52/lib/php')
Solution 1 (inconvenient hardcoding of the name of my public html folder, but it works):
require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . '/orders.simplystyles.com/script/pdocrud.php';
Solution 2 (unwanted comment above about DIR not working until PHP 5.3, but it does):
require_once __DIR__. '/../script/pdocrud.php';
Solution 3 (I see no drawbacks, and it works flawlessly in PHP 5.3):
require_once dirname(__FILE__). '/../script/pdocrud.php';
Answered by hamish
Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5371828/relative-path-in-require-once-doesnt-work