include problem

yousaf931

Hi,

there is problem with my php script all the files are working on localhost.

But when i upload these files on the server it give me Err msg that failed to include file not found.

see at

What might be the possible problem.

Cheers,
yousaf FAYYAZ.

ClevaTreva

Hi, give the code for the include.

If the include uses a variable for the directory, also show that, e.g.

$admindir="../admin";
include ("$admindir/thisfile.inc.php");

Then we can see.

My guess is that you are using relative paths instead of absolute paths.

Trevor

yousaf931

this is the code.


$root = ""; 
$incPath = "$root/inc2";

Thanks .

Cheers,
yousaf FAYYAZ

hafeel

Your include path is wrong
$incPath = "$root/inc2";
instead of using this you should use

$incPath = "$root/inc";

yousaf931

hi,

hafeel thanks for your help. i admired your help but it is useless.

Please any have an other suggestion.

Cheers,
yousaf FAYYAZ.

ClevaTreva

So, the include works on your local pc server, but not the net.

The path you give is an external absolute path.

Have you tried an internal absolute path?

This path would look like:

/home/username/public_html

and can be gotten from phpinfo as ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

If this does work, it means your host has tightened security up and blocked external calls to scripts on your server (not a bad thing).

Trevor

yousaf931

hi ClevaTreva,

Thanks for your kind reply.

If the server has tightend the security so what i have to do ?

i though contact the server tech and he is saying that every thing is right on their side.

Please suggest.

Cheers,
Urbizanywhere.

ClevaTreva

Are you trying to include a file on your own server or one from another server?

If it is from your own server, change the path to use the path show by the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] root.

If you don't have a test file to get this info, paste this code into a blank file, upload it to the public_html root of your server and run it:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Hello World!</title>
  </head>

  <body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>

<p> If your installation of PHP is working properly, you should
    see a lot of information below. If you just see a single line
    of text, then you probably need to tweak your AddType setting
    in Apache, and make sure that you're viewing this using
    apache, and not by clicking on this document directly.</p>

<? phpinfo(); ?>

  </body>
</html>

Go looking for the variable and get the value and us this as your $root variable. Note that this applies to INCLUDES/REQUIRES only. Standard references to images and links are NOT affected and must not be changed.

If the call is external, that may be tough. If you have access to the file, copy it to your server, or ask the owner to let you have it.

Trevor

yousaf931

thanks alot i tried it and it works.

But still dint get the logic that why is it so ..

If they are in the dir that html should take it .. as it is working on local server the same dir structure.

Please explain it.

Cheers,
yousaf FAYYAZ.

ClevaTreva

I read it in the manual somewhere.

By using [url]http://[/url] or just www., etc in the file address, you cause php to ask apache for an external connection. That goes out to the web, and comes back in again. Apache will be set to block read requests for php files (it will only parse them for delivering html back).

Imagine you are in your house. Write a letter to your brother in the room next to you. Put a stamp on it, take it to the postbox. Postman collects it, takes it to the sorting office. Comes back next day, through letterbox. Brother gets it, treats it as junkmail and bins it.

Alternatively, walk to his room and give it to him, and because he can see it was you who wrote it, he reads it.

In my opinion, the php manual is lacking here. It ought to suggest includes always use the internal route unless calling an external script, which would probably not be possible due to security measures on the other server anyway.

All file opeing read calls have the same problem. Your major problem is if you develop a script locally to publish later. The $root variable would be different. I get round this by setting a config file to include in all my php files at the top. The file contains this code:

<?php
if (strtolower($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])=="d:/apache/htdocs/my_website")
{
//root to css, images, html, php (for includes) and java
	$phpincRoot="d:/apache/htdocs/my_website";
	$root_url="d:/apache/htdocs/my_website";

//root to php files for parsing (user to see resulting page)
	$root_alturl="http://localhost:8080";
}
else
{
//root to css, images, html, php (for includes) and java
	$phpincRoot="/home/******/public_html";
	$root_url="http://www.yourweb.com";

//root to php files for parsing (user to see resulting page)
	$root_alturl="http://www.yourweb.com";
}

Trevor