Failed opening Required

ntelleck · December 12th, 2011, 02:06 PM

How to go nuts:
Running newly modified RGSTRTN_07_7a.php script on my ISP's unix machine, from my PC, throws this error.

PHP Warning: require_once(/cnnct2mysql.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/.../HTMLpages/RGSTRTN_07_7a.php on line 41
PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/cnnct2mysql.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /home/.../RGSTRTN_07_7a.php on line 41

Of course '/cnnct2mysql.php' exists as stated (as will be seen) but doesn't get past the compiler, so no commands are executed.

When I run the script from my PC using Mozilla Firefox (via putty.exe) the program executes w/o throwing an error. It passes the compiler and gets near the end of the script where it locks up in the my-script to PalPal's sandbox and back echo loop. But I think that's another problem. Hence, I'm trying to solve the compiler error first.

Can anyone suggest how to diagnose my problem?

Thnx in advance.
ntelleck

ntelleck · December 12th, 2011, 02:22 PM

OOPS!
This may be the wrong forum. Perhaps it should go to PRO PHP. I didn't see the comment on distinction.
How do I get it to the correct forum?
thnx
Ntelleck

UseLess · December 13th, 2011, 03:57 AM

Greetings,

Going on the error alone it looks like php is looking in the root dir of where your running the script from. If it's in the same dir as the file you're running use:

Code:

require_once('./cnnct2mysql.php');

notice the . preceeding the / ;)

ntelleck · December 13th, 2011, 11:35 AM

neither
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/cnnct2mysql.php";
nor
require_once (."/cnnct2mysql.php");
work.
They both throw the same error when the script is run from unix

e.g., u-sit@lsh1001:~/www/.../ RGSTRTN_07_7a.php;

Thanks for your interest.
This one is a bummer. Gotta be some simple oversight on my part or pure misunderstanding of php

ntelleck

UseLess · December 13th, 2011, 11:58 AM

Greetings,

Where is 'cnnct2mysql.php' in relation to 'RGSTRTN_07_7a.php'?

If it's in the same dir then try:

Code:

require_once('cnnct2mysql.php');

if that also does not work it could be because your running the script from the root of the drive in which case you'd have to use something like;

Code:

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cnnct2mysql.php');

ntelleck · December 13th, 2011, 02:27 PM

cnnct2mysql.php is located 3 levels below
RGSTRTN_07_7a.php
at
require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/cnnct2mysql.php"
hence shouldn't the correct address be
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/cnnct2mysql.php"
as compared with the script requiring it at
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."auxlib/../../RGSTRTN_07_7a.php"
?

ntelleck

ntelleck · December 13th, 2011, 04:42 PM

may it should be past tense: 'gone nuts!'

played around with two browsers using
$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/cnnct2mysql.php"
shut down each browser between runs
suddenly
it's working!!

i don't get it, but i'll take it

thanks for your interest

ntelleck