include directories not finding files

[scottybwoy]

Hi All,

I'm using Win2k Server with IIS 4 and have installed PHP 5.14 and PEAR.

When I specify the location within my php scripts for files like so :

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

$PEAR_DIR = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/PEAR' ;

$PHPLIB_DIR = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/PEAR/lib';

$APP_FRAMEWORK_DIR=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/classes';

$PATH = $PEAR_DIR . ':' .
$PHPLIB_DIR . ':' .
$APP_FRAMEWORK_DIR;

ini_set( 'include_path', ':' .
$PATH . ':' .
ini_get('include_path'));

require_once 'DB.php';

require_once('DBI.php');

?>

It keeps returning errors that it can't find the files, although it specifies the path that the files are actually in.

Does anyone know why this is?

Thanks in Advance

[halojoy]

the normal is that you do not have to change or set include path
and PEAR is 99% in include path already

find out what include path is set at your server
by running

<?php

 phpinfo();

?>

and Look for this:
include_path .;c:/apache/htdocs0/;c:/apache/php/PEAR

.

[scottybwoy]

Cheers but that still doesn't sort out my problem,

Here's the error msg :

PHP Notice: Undefined index: DOCUMENT_ROOT in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testDBI.php on line 5 PHP Notice: Undefined index: DOCUMENT_ROOT in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testDBI.php on line 7 PHP Notice: Undefined index: DOCUMENT_ROOT in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testDBI.php on line 9 PHP Warning: require_once(DB.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testDBI.php on line 19 PHP Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'DB.php' (include_path=':/PEAR:/PEAR/lib:/classes:.;c:\php\includes;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\PEAR') in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\testDBI.php on line 19

running phpinfo()

Returns

include_path .;c:\php\includes;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\PEAR

As you can see in the Error Msg that it is looking in the right directory where the file is but still won't get what it needs.

Is it advisable to put the files in the c:\php\includes folder? I'm trying to create a decent Framework to work from, but this is confusing me so I can't understand what should go where, cos I'm new to programming and php.

Again thanks in advance

[scottybwoy]

From another source, I have found that my IIS 5 Web Server does not support this variable usage. Is there a way that I can get it to support this variable? I am using PEAR with the MDB2 Database Extraction Layer and assorted other add ins, can I get a particular one to solve this issue?

Also an answer to the previous post would be greatfull.

Many Thanks

[halojoy]

dont know if it solves your issue
but
you are using COLON instead of SEMI-COLON, which is normally used

$PATH = $PEAR_DIR . ':' .
$PHPLIB_DIR . ':' .
$APP_FRAMEWORK_DIR;

ini_set( 'include_path', ':' .
$PATH . ':' .
ini_get('include_path'));

[scottybwoy]

Hi, no that didn't solve it.

From my understanding the "." concatonates the string to provide the string for the directory path, yeah? So when provided with the semi-colon, which I percieve you are correct on, does that add it to the includes path as displayed by the error :

(include_path=';\PEAR;\framework;\classes;.;c:\php\includes;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot;c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\PEAR')

but wouldn't it still be wrong as ;\PEAR and ;\framework ;\etc are not valid path names, so I may as well supply the variables with the direct paths to these directories, like so :

$PEAR_DIR = 'C:\\Inetpub\wwwroot\PEAR' ;

$PHPLIB_DIR = 'C:\\Inetpub\wwwroot\framework';

$APP_FRAMEWORK_DIR = 'C:\\Inetpub\wwwroot\classes';

then would I need to use addslashes for the C:\ entry? So that the sting isn't commented out, and It still wouldn't create the portability of the famework that I want to create that may span different platforms.

Thanks for your time halojoy