include() anomaly

[akitchin]

my url is http://www.calgarytritons.com/~fluid/andrew/index.php , and here's my problem - i try to include a file called main.php using the following line:

<?php include("main.php"); ?>

i've aso tried:

<?php include("./main.php"); ?>

, along with a bunch of other variants. the reason this bugs me so much is because theres a later include that DOES work, and it's nearly the same syntax, simply part of a subroutine.

not only that, but i can't read main.php standalone. anyhow, here's the directory structure, in case anyone needs to view the files with a PHP viewer, or needs to take a look at the other files:

/andrew/index.php
/andrew/main.php
/andrew/m1.php
/andrew/home.inc
/andrew/scripts/main.css

the rest is moot. home.inc is the other file thats called, and ive tried changing main.php to main.inc and changing the include accordingly, but yet another dead end. it seems i've tried everything. please help.

[laserlight]

I've had my problems with include() too, not sure why the paths arent always correct.

could also try:

include('/main.php');
include('andrew/main.php');
include('../andrew/main.php');
include('../~fluid/andrew/main.php');

then maybe there's $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] and related predefined variables that could be used.

[akitchin]

well, it turns out it was the simplest thing of all - the include works fine, it was the file to be included that was messed up. somewhere's along the way (in a subroutine for random stuff) i accidentally changed an "elseif ($a == 5)" to "else ($a == 5)", without removing the ($a == 5). boy i hate this.

[valshooter]

Mate, just friendly advise.

If you think the command is not working - replace it with echo/mail() command. And see if it's executed at all.

Cheers