Cannot include my php files

[DrWily]

<?php
session_start();
//include( 'views/test.php' );

include( 'includes/config.php' );
include( 'includes/db.php' );

include( 'views/v_login.php' );
?>

error messages:

Warning: include(includes/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 13
Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 13
Warning: include(includes/db.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 14
Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/db.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 14
Warning: include(views/v_login.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 16
Warning: include(): Failed opening 'views/v_login.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/login.php on line 16

I'm on Ubuntu and I've configured apache to use the website in my NetBeansProject folder. The index.php works fine as well as the phpinfo() function. These includes don't. The files exist in their proper directories.

[webdev1958]

This might not fix your problem, but I always shudder when I see paths that don't start with a dot or /.

As a first step, start the path to the included file with a / if specifying an absolute path from the projects root folder or a dot if you prefer to use a relative path to the included file.

hth

[DrWily]

This might not fix your problem, but I always shudder when I see paths that don't start with a dot or /.

As a first step, start the path to the included file with a / if specifying an absolute path from the projects root folder or a dot if you prefer to use a relative path to the included file.

hth

Thanks, I got it to work with this:

<?php
/*
 * login.php
 * Log in members
 */

//start session / load configs

session_start();
set_include_path('/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/');
//include( 'views/test.php' );

include( 'includes/config.php' );
include( 'includes/db.php' );

include( 'views/v_login.php' );
?>

[webdev1958]

ok

Then assuming the file containing your php code is in

'/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/'

then in theory this should work.

session_start(); 

include( './includes/config.php' ); 
include( './includes/db.php' ); 

include( './views/v_login.php' ); 

[DrWily]

ok

Then assuming the file containing your php code is in

'/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/'

then in theory this should work.

session_start(); 

include( './includes/config.php' ); 
include( './includes/db.php' ); 

include( './views/v_login.php' ); 

This didn't work. However, this did:

<?php
session_start();
//set_include_path('/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/');
//include( 'views/test.php' );

include( '/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/config.php' );
include( '/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/includes/db.php' );

include( '/home/wax/NetBeansProjects/php_login/views/v_login.php' );
?>

[webdev1958]

ok, I'm not sure which folder your file containing the php code calling the includes is in - but at least you have it sorted now

[DrWily]

ok, I'm not sure which folder your file containing the php code calling the includes is in - but at least you have it sorted now

Oh. Yep, this works, thanks.

<?php

//start session / load configs
session_start();

include( './config.php' );
include( './db.php' );

include( '../views/v_login.php' );
?>

[webdev1958]

Oh. Yep, this works, thanks.

<?php

//start session / load configs
session_start();

include( './config.php' );
include( './db.php' );

include( '../views/v_login.php' );
?>

ok , which is why I originally said

....but I always shudder when I see paths that don't start with a dot or /.

personally I always use relative paths, as you now have, rather than absolute paths. But that's just a personal preference.

[tracknut]

....but I always shudder when I see paths that don't start with a dot or /.

Just curious why you would shudder at includes/file.txt and not shudder at ./includes/file.txt - they're the same thing, aren't they? I haven't heard of the former somehow being wrong or less desirable usage before.

Dave