[RESOLVED] failure to include

rammcaine

this is driving me crazy.

there are several php files my php code includes on a website using the include(function). all work except for one and this to me is the weirdest problem i've had so far in my php ciding experience. i tried renaming the file name of the include, tried rewriting the code in the files that does the inclusion. whatever i try it just does not work. if i include any other existing file IT WORKS. this one does not.

here is the complete error:

Warning: include(admin__global.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in [....]/admin_user_login.php on line 9

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'admin__global.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:') in [....]/admin_user_login.php on line 9

i snipped my server root info etc. here for security reasons.

any help would be appreciated. thanks.

new_programmer

Check your file paths and see if they're correct

rammcaine

checked, rechecked and doublechecked many times. this is an anusual problem at least in my 5-6 years of experience. when i try to include another existing page it works. if i try to create a new page and try to include it it fails the same way. like i said, there are other pages being included on this website and they work fine. it is only this one that persists with this error.

this happened after migration. this part of the website worked on previous server fedora core 2. now it resides on a brand new freebsd. i should also note that i am using dreamweaver on mac. but i tried this from a windows based dw as well. no luck.

bradgrafelman

Can you copy and paste the line of code where you're trying to include the file?

troybtj

Warning: include(admin__global.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: Invalid argument in [....]/admin_user_login.php on line 9

What are the first 10-15 lines of admin_user_login.php (Assuming line 9 is the inlcude admin__global.php)?

rammcaine

here is the first 14 lines of admin_user_login.php:

<?
/*
Admin login 2.0 20070822

adopted from 1.0

include("admin__global.php");

if (isset($POST['exe_login'])) {
$username = trim($POST['username']);
$password = trim($_POST['password']);
}

troybtj

Did you recently upgrade software or change hosting companies?

halojoy

include_path='.:'
this should work on Linux
even if I would prefer using:
include_path='.'

On windows we use, semi-colon.
include_path='.;'
but also here I would skip the semi-colon if only '.'

If you think this would help, it is possible to set include_path in script.
Which I am sure you know.

Aside from this, I can only repeat what is already said: Check Paths
Sometimes, when a file is included,
an include from this included script may not work.

rammcaine

troybtj, yes i have. this website recently moved from a fedora to freebds. after the migration this never worked. other includes work fine. even in the files where admin__global.php is included when i include other files, they work. this is where things stop making sense to me.

rammcaine

problem solved. thanks everyone. all i needed to do was turn off safe mode for this website.

bradgrafelman

Glad to hear you found the problem (and that safe_mode will soon be no more).

Don't forget to mark this thread resolved.