PHP include file. Showing error file not found

3
votes

I am using include function and it is giving errors. That is file not found. In the root directory I have - index.php and config.php

index.php includes config.php and has some other data.

config.php has database details and includes function/function.php

There is a folder user and it has a file calculate.php in calculate.php I have included AJAX functionality and a file is loaded in it on AJAX call. File is cal2.php and it is located in user folder. Now this, cal2.php has a include function for config.php like:

include "../config.php";

When this cal2.php is loaded from calculate.php

function/function.php file is not loaded. It shows file not found for function/function.php

So, file structure is:

  • root
  • /index.php
  • /config.php
  • /user/calculate.php
  • /user/cal2.php
  • /function/function.php

How to proceed and not have function.php include error for cal2.php

3
phpinclude
how are you loading function/function.php, in cal2.php? please post that code. - Shamim Hafiz
2 rules to follow. 1. Always post actual code. 2. Always post exact and complete error message. - Your Common Sense
As for your problem - it's easy. Just use existing path. there is no /user/function/ folder in your system. - Your Common Sense
Actually, it isn't that easy. Following the instructions the OP has given for creating the filesystem to the letter and using 100% relative includes exactly as described does not cause a problem to occur. It works 100% a-ok without changing a single thing. - Shabbyrobe
@Shabbyrobe the path can be relative or absolute, but first of all it should be correct, pointing to the existing file. So, the OP have to determine that path first. A static one. And only then start building it dynamically - Your Common Sense

3 Answers

5
votes

You should change config.php to use an absolute path to functions.php. If you have PHP 5.3 or greater, do it like this:

include(__DIR__.'/functions/functions.php');

If you are still using PHP 5.2 (or, god forbid, something earlier), you can do it this way:

$dir = dirname(__FILE__);
include($dir.'/functions/functions.php');

The __FILE__ magic constant always contains the value of the current PHP file name, so the dirname(__FILE__) call will give you the full filesystem path of the current script.

0
votes

Use absolute path to include file:

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/function/function.php'
-1
votes

All problems here

/user/cal2.php
/function/function.php

you need to include such a way:

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

BUT I had this problem to, and I propose you to include files in the header of each page. Config you must inckude in the header of each page.

Read this, think it helps:

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