require_once problem

[Lars Plessmann]

I hava several php files in different folders.

I tried to use relative paths. But when I call a script from another
folder that has another depth, it cannot find the files that are
embedded via require once within the included file.

sample:

fileA.php (in the root dir!)
-----
require_once 'common_inc.php ';
....
-----

classes/fileB.php (in /classes)
-----
require_once '../fileA.php';
....
-----


No it trys to find the 'common_lib in the /classes folder insted of the
root dir.


Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
"http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
Why doesn't it work?


How can I solve this problem?
It doesn't matter for me if relative or absolute paths specifications
are used. It should only work :)


thanks in advance,
Lars

[Pedro Graca]

Re: require_once problem

Lars Plessmann wrote:[color=blue]
> Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
> "http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
> But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
> Why doesn't it work?[/color]

Use filesystem paths:

require_once 'C:/htdocs/common_inc.php' ;
require_once 'C:/htdocs/classes/fileB.php';


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[Lars Plessmann]

Re: require_once problem

Pedro Graca wrote:
[color=blue]
> Lars Plessmann wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
>>"http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
>>But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
>>Why doesn't it work?[/color]
>
>
> Use filesystem paths:
>
> require_once 'C:/htdocs/common_inc.php' ;
> require_once 'C:/htdocs/classes/fileB.php';
>
>[/color]

problem: I develop on windows and my host is unix.
how to handle this?

[Pedro Graca]

Re: require_once problem

Lars Plessmann wrote:[color=blue]
> Pedro Graca wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Lars Plessmann wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
>>>"http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
>>>But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
>>>Why doesn't it work?[/color]
>>
>>
>> Use filesystem paths:
>>
>> require_once 'C:/htdocs/common_inc.php' ;
>> require_once 'C:/htdocs/classes/fileB.php';
>>
>>[/color]
>
> problem: I develop on windows and my host is unix.
> how to handle this?[/color]

Maybe like this (PHP 5)?


<?php
if (stripos(PHP_OS , "win") === false) {
require_once '/htdocs/common_inc.php' ;
} else {
require_once 'C:/htdocs/common_inc.php' ;
}
?>


stripos() is available from PHP 5

PHP_OS is a core predefined constant

http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.constants.core.php

if you don't have PHP 5 try:

<?php
function my_stripos($hay stack, $needle, $offset=0) {
return strpos(strtoupp er($haystack), strtoupper($nee dle), $offset);
}
?>

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[Garp]

Re: require_once problem


"Lars Plessmann" <Lars.Plessmann @gmx.de> wrote in message
news:40c4d9ad$0 $26367$9b4e6d93 @newsread4.arco r-online.net...[color=blue]
> I hava several php files in different folders.
>
> I tried to use relative paths. But when I call a script from another
> folder that has another depth, it cannot find the files that are
> embedded via require once within the included file.
>
> sample:
>
> fileA.php (in the root dir!)
> -----
> require_once 'common_inc.php ';
> ...
> -----
>
> classes/fileB.php (in /classes)
> -----
> require_once '../fileA.php';
> ...
> -----
>
>
> No it trys to find the 'common_lib in the /classes folder insted of the
> root dir.
>
>
> Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
> "http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
> But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
> Why doesn't it work?
>
>
> How can I solve this problem?
> It doesn't matter for me if relative or absolute paths specifications
> are used. It should only work :)
>
>
> thanks in advance,
> Lars[/color]

$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_R OOT"] should give you the top-level document root
("/var/www/html" or "c:\inetpub\www root", say) - if your include storage is
consistent, you could trust that.

Garp

[CHARA=>TOMeK]

Re: require_once problem

> I hava several php files in different folders.[color=blue]
>
> I tried to use relative paths. But when I call a script from another
> folder that has another depth, it cannot find the files that are
> embedded via require once within the included file.
>
> sample:
>
> fileA.php (in the root dir!)
> -----
> require_once 'common_inc.php ';
> ...
> -----
>
> classes/fileB.php (in /classes)
> -----
> require_once '../fileA.php';
> ...
> -----
>[/color]

my idea:
-----
require_once dirname(__FILE_ _).'../fileA.php';
-----

dirname(__FILE_ _)." relative paths ". " file ";

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CHARA=>TOMeK

[CHARA=>TOMeK]

Re: require_once problem

> my idea:[color=blue]
> -----
> require_once dirname(__FILE_ _).'../fileA.php';
> -----
>
> dirname(__FILE_ _)." relative paths ". " file ";[/color]

This is good:
-----
require_once dirname(__FILE_ _).'/'.'../fileA.php';
-----

dirname(__FILE_ _).'/'." relative paths ". " file ";

Pozdrawiam,
CHARA=>TOMeK

[Virgil Green]

Re: require_once problem

"Lars Plessmann" <Lars.Plessmann @gmx.de> wrote in message
news:40c4d9ad$0 $26367$9b4e6d93 @newsread4.arco r-online.net...[color=blue]
> I hava several php files in different folders.
>
> I tried to use relative paths. But when I call a script from another
> folder that has another depth, it cannot find the files that are
> embedded via require once within the included file.
>
> sample:
>
> fileA.php (in the root dir!)
> -----
> require_once 'common_inc.php ';
> ...
> -----
>
> classes/fileB.php (in /classes)
> -----
> require_once '../fileA.php';
> ...
> -----
>
>
> No it trys to find the 'common_lib in the /classes folder insted of the
> root dir.[/color]

What was the current directory when you tried this? What was the
include_path setting when you tried this?
[color=blue]
> Well, I tried now to specify absolute paths like
> "http://127.0.0.1:8080/projectname/common_inc.php"
> But it cannot be included then. Thats the browser string of the file.
> Why doesn't it work?[/color]

You use file system paths, not URLS
[color=blue]
> How can I solve this problem?
> It doesn't matter for me if relative or absolute paths specifications
> are used. It should only work :)[/color]

We can't really say until you tell us about your include path and identify
the directory in which the script initially started.

- Virgil