Problem with require_once()

speedphreak

This is cross posted in another section of the forum. If cross posting is a no no, please let me know. Thanks.

Ok. Moved my site from on host to another, and now I'm having problems with any page that I use require, include, reguire_once or include_once. Here's an example:

<?
echo "testing<br>";
//include config file
require_once('/includes/config.php');
echo " tesing again...";
?>

I'd expect to see:

testing...
testing again...

Instead I see nothing. Not even the first echo. The whole script just craps out if I use that function. This is happening on all my pages. What gives? What should I look for, and what can I do to work around? I tried this to see if maybe it just wasn't seeing the files

require_once('/includes/config.php') or die("couldn't find config.php");

but I still got nothing. Thanks for any help...

stolzyboy

what version of php was your old host vs. your new host, and are the php.ini settings different, also need to see if the new host has the include directories set up correctly

and YES, BTW, it is a no, no to cross/double post the same problem

kevinsequeira

well cross-posting is a NO-NO , try what i suggested in the other section post, and stick to one thread.

reg
kevin

speedphreak

Originally posted by kevinsequeira
type this on the top of your page

error_reporting(E_ALL);

any luck ?

reg
kevin

Tried that, and no dice. still get nothing on the page. Ohh, and deleted the other post.

speedphreak

PHP versions...

4.31 on the old host.
4.23 on the new.

kevinsequeira

u mean if u remove this line

require_once('/includes/config.php');

it works fine ??

is there any other code ure using on teh page

reg
kevin

elToro

I always upload an .htacess file with something like this:

php_value include_path ".:/home/eltoro/php-include"

to make sure that includes/requires are looking where I want them to look. (It also means, of course, that I can keep my includes outside of the www directory).

speedphreak

Originally posted by kevinsequeira
u mean if u remove this line

require_once('/includes/config.php');

it works fine ??

is there any other code ure using on teh page

reg
kevin

Actually, you were right. It's weird. If I test it in Dreamweaver using my host as the testing server, it works fine, but when uploaded, it doesn't. I changed the paths to the absolute paths from the server root.

Does running PHP as Apache module change the way it reports errors? I check phpinfo() and the error_reporting value is set to 341. Does that mean anything to anyone?