Error: include_path message ?

BLottman

Fatal error: Failed opening required 'pagedresults.php' (include_path='') in /home/network-/public_html/searchproperty.php on line 833

Can anyone tell me how to set the include_path= variable

I found the following from another site:

Question :
How can I set the include path and other settings that are fixed in php.ini without having access to php.ini?

Answer :
If you are hosting on a Linux server you may (Depending on your host) be able to use .htaccess this file must be in the root of the web directory.

The format is along the lines of (For PHP4 Module):-
php_value include_path .:/path/that/you/want/to/use
php_value magic_quotes_gpc "off"
php_value track_errors "on"

My site is hosted so I'm not sure I have access to the ini file or where to look. The following is the code section that generates the error. Any help would be appreciated.

include("settings.inc");
require("pagedresults.php");
mysql_select_db("$mydb", $connection);
...
...
?>

Weedpacket

If you don't have access to php.ini (the value for the include_path can be found by calling phpinfo()), then you can set it in the script itself by using ini_set().

BLottman

Thanks. I'll give that a shot.

BLottman

That's a pretty detailed file.

The following is referenced as the include_path

.:/usr/local/lib/php

Is the php.ini file created for each hosted domain? I mean does each hosted domain have it's own php.ini or is the output that I'm looking at specific only for the server?

Also can I concatenate my path with the existing path?

BLottman

I tried using:

/include_path current setting .:/usr/local/lib/php /

attempts to resolve the error

/ 1. ini_set("include_path",'.:/home/network-/public_html');/

/ 2. ini_set("include_path",ini_get("include_path").":".$DOCUMENT_ROOT);/

/ 3. ini_set("include_path",'.:'.$DOCUMENT_ROOT); /

and continue to get the following error .... doesn't matter what I try.

Fatal error: Failed opening required 'pagedresults.php' (include_path='.:/home/network-/public_html') in /home/network-/public_html/searchproperty.php on line 836

any ideas what could be wrong?

Weedpacket

Someone else will have to start to run with this than I, but can I ask first if safe_mode is turned on? I've never had to deal with it myself, but I understand that it can interfere with included files if they're not owned by the same user that owns the file including it (or something like that).

I notice that you don't say that there's anything wrong about including 'settings.inc'. What happens if you require() it?

BLottman

Interesting. I'll try the include() as a require() and see what happens.

I also pasted the pagedresults.php contents into the settings.inc file. If I remember correctly, the error goes away but didn't function as intended.

I'll try again later today when I have more time. Thanks for you input. 😃

BLottman

I reverified that pasting the code from pagedresults.php into the include file (i.e., include("settings.inc") resulted in the following error.

Detail
Fatal error: Call to undefined function: fetch_array() in /home/network-/public_html/searchproperty.php on line 978

The fetch_array() is a function within the pagedresults.php file. The pagedresults.php file is residing in the path /home/network-/public_html/. My guess is that since the path /home/network-/public_html/ is NOT being written to the include_path in the php.ini, when the function is called, it can't be found.

I checked the safe_mode setting in the php.ini and it's turned OFF. I also sent an email to the hosting server tech support staff to determine what I need to do to access or change settings in the php.ini file. It's obvious that the php.ini file is not updating with the correct values since a refresh my page with the phpinfo() function, it displays the same setting: .:/usr/local/lib/php

Is there a work-around where I don't have to change the include_path in the php.ini and yet don't have to incorporate the code into every page where I want to reuse it?

gtibok

it's not the problem with the include path ...
in your file at include(); statement you have to use a correct path
(i.e. if the requested file is in jour current dir -> include("file.php"); if is in upper dir -> include ("./file.php")😉
so if "pagedresults.php" is in the same dir as "searchproperty.php" ... than I am WRONG or in your "settings.inc" you have a $include_path = ...

please check this things

BLottman

The settings.inc file only contains a couple of assignment statements (i.e., connection statement, etc.).

If I include a $include_path = ... in the setting.inc file, will that be similiar to setting the include_path in the php.ini file? Will it function the same way?