include path error after upgrade

jagarcia

The following lines of code were working perfectly before an unplanned upgrade.

$PHP_SELF = "/".$SCRIPT_URI;
$DOCUMENT_ROOT = substr($SCRIPT_FILENAME,0,strpos($SCRIPT_FILENAME,$PHP_SELF));

$vSubdir = dirname(dirname($PHP_SELF));
if(strlen($vSubdir) == 1) $vSubdir = "";

$vgMain_path = $DOCUMENT_ROOT . $vSubdir;

include($vgMain_path . "/dbconnect.php");
include($vgMain_path . "/init.php");

and now we're getting these errors

Warning: Failed opening '//dbconnect.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/myapp/lib/php') in /usr/local/myapp/ezweb/adm/main.php on line 12

Warning: Failed opening '//init.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/myapp/lib/php') in /usr/local/myapp/ezweb/adm/main.php on line 13

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: newdbconnection() in /usr/local/myapp/ezweb/adm/_main.php on line 18

There's no include_path defined in php.ini nor apache (httpd.conf).
We're seem to be lost as to where to go from here: how to start or what to poke.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

jagus

irishprogrammin

the first option under "Paths and Directories" in your php.ini should be the include_path. Check your old php.ini against the new one, and make sure that they are the same, or adjust the new one to include the path you are putting your includes/requires in.

in the default php.ini for linux, the include_path should be somewhere around line 345 or so.

this is what makes unplanned upgrades fun!

netizen

I'm a little confused as to why you are redefining $PHP_SELF and $DOCUMENT_ROOT?

These are predefined server variables.

your includes settings in the php.ini allow you to include from any directory in your directory system. So the definition of the your path must be going to a location that doesn't exist.

marooshka

Is it proper to put includes all in one place? It makes more sense for me to put my includes in the directories they pertain to- I am getting these same errors as well and have no idea what the path should be- I am on Mac 10.2. I am saving my php files in /Library/Web Servers/Documents- but the default include path seems to point more to some /usr type directory.

Anyone?

jagarcia

Let's see if I can provide more details to this problem. It seems that some research brought about some strange details to the puzzle.

But let me go in order.

I added the include path line to point to my includes, and same error.

in the default php.ini for linux, the include_path should be somewhere around line 345 or so

The reason the PHP_SELF and DOCUMENT_ROOT are redifined is because it uses a relative path. The app can run from anywhere (supposedly)

I'm a little confused as to why you are redefining $PHP_SELF and $DOCUMENT_ROOT?
I tested these lines and got no result but blank screen.

<?php

echo "<h1>Hello! You are logged in as $GLOBALS[REMOTE_USER]</h1>
<hr><p>Your password is $GLOBALS[REMOTE_PASSWORD] and your home directory is $GLOBALS[HOME]. <p>
So If I had to write your web site, I could have to write the files in $GLOBALS[HOME]/public_html";
?>

Any ideas?