IIS + include_path confusion

magnum_ai

This has probably been done a thousand times but I am yet still to find a suitable answer.

I was running on localhost:

Op Sys: Win98
Server: PWS
PHP: Can’t remember exactly.
Version: CGI

And running a small php package that was all working fine for 18 months or so.

I decided to (upgrade?) my localhost system to:

Op Sys: Win2k Prof
Server: IIS 5
PHP: 4.2.3.
Version CGI
Dir c:\php
PHP is tested and working.

I thought that I would just copy my directory over and all would be ok. But I am now getting the following error:

Fatal error: Failed opening required 'inetpub/wwwroot/directory/lib/stdlib.inc.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\directory\application.inc.php on line 67

Line 67 is:
require ("$CFG->libdir" . "/stdlib.inc.php");
where "$CFG->libdir” = /inetpub/wwwroot/directory/lib

My php.ini file located in winnt dir has:

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"

;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
;include_path = ".;c:\php\includes;c:\inetpub\wwwroot\pgmarket\lib"

I have been investigating this for the last couple of days and have tried a number of things (ie include_path = "." – did not work) and manually using a relative path and this works ie:

require (lib/stdlib.inc.php);

But if I do the full path it does not
require (“inetpub/wwwroot/directory/lib/stdlib.inc.php”);

Can anyone suggest how I may fix (or a definitive place to read up on it)?? As I upload the files to a Unix server and would not like to change all paths to relative.

I believe it is something wither with my php.ini (which I have tried a few variations of with include_path) or iis?

Thanks in advance

Mark

well, from what you say your php.ini is, you still have your include_path line commented (😉 out..

personally, i dont put anything for the include_path.

Packetrat

I received the same error (fatal error: failed opening...), however I don't set the include variable either. In fact, I only experience the error on the fourth of four applications using the same server. I have found that many, many people have experienced this error and it appears to be a bug in PHP. If anyone has any idea how to fix this, it would be great for not only PHP users but perhaps the PHP developers as well.

magnum_ai

I eventually solved my particular problem by finding my old PHP install download, vers: 4.04.

After installing this, my problem disappeared. I am guessing that it is a problem in the 4.2.3. I did read that the problem had been recognized and fixed for 4.3.0, but i tried this and it didn't work either.

SO, i also read somewhere that if you simply put
c:
in your include path directory, then this may solve it.

By that time, I was i had my app up and running with 4.0.4, so i did not try it.

Let me know if you want the 4.0.4 install files if you cannot find an earlier version.