[RESOLVED] require() problem

fiorelina21

i have the html:

<html>
<head>
<title>menu.html</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="prodotti.php">
<select name="articoli">
<option value="N">Notebook</option>
<option value="C">Cellulari</option>
<option value="D">Desktop</option>
<br><br><br>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

and the php:

<?php
require($articoli\.".inc");
?>

in output it returns me the fallowing error:
Warning: require(.inc) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in......./prodotti.php on line2

what should i do?

dougal85

what is $articoli and where does it come from?

daveyc

I'm guessing by looking at your code that $articoli is coming from the dropdown box.

So when someone selects Notebook it should be requiring N.inc

If I am correct then the problem is in both sections, the HTML and PHP.

Set your form method like this:


<form action="prodotti.php" method="post">
<select name="articoli">
<option value="N">Notebook</option>
<option value="C">Cellulari</option>
<option value="D">Desktop</option>
</select>

Then you can grab the variable like this in your php code


$articoli = $_POST['articoli'];
require($articoli.".inc");

When making any type of form, you need to capture the variable using the $POST or $GET method, depending on the form method in your html

Let us know if this helps any.

Dave

fiorelina21

i've changed the script the may you've sudgested me to but it stil returns the same errors.
i'm sory if i did create confusion but i'm learning php using a book and this an application example they give.This is not the first wrong sript that i find in the book's cd so i'm a little confused

daveyc

Hi.

Firstly, can you just confirm what the name of the files are that you're wanting to include? is it as i thought : "N.inc" "C.inc" and "D.inc"

Also, try building your query this way for debugging


$articoli = $_POST['articoli']; 

$fname = $articoli.".inc"; // Builds file name

echo $fname; // will tell you if you're getting the right filename

require($fname); // will try to require the built filename

What result do you get?

Dave

fiorelina21

daveyc wrote:
Hi.

Firstly, can you just confirm what the name of the files are that you're wanting to include? is it as i thought : "N.inc" "C.inc" and "D.inc"

Dave

that's ok
as for the script it still returns errors:

C.inc
Warning: require(C.inc) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:......\prodotti.php on line 8

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'C.inc' (include_path='.;D:....................prodotti.php on line 8

daveyc

Right, in that case, It's looking to me like it's the .inc files themselves can't be found.

The .inc files will need to be in the same directory as "prodotti.php".

If they're in another directory and you want them to stay there, then you could do something like this


$articoli = $_POST['articoli']; 

$dir = "path/to/inc/"; // Path to where the .inc files are.

$fname = $articoli.".inc"; // Builds file name 

require($dir.$fname); // will try to require the built filename

Does this work?

fiorelina21

i feel so confused..

daveyc wrote:
Right, in that case, It's looking to me like it's the .inc files themselves can't be found.

The .inc files will need to be in the same directory as "prodotti.php".

Does this work?

i've only created the C file (C.html)

and
prodotti.php
menu.html
C.html
they're all saved in the same directory

daveyc

Well that's the problem then.

You've been trying to require a .inc file, but it's a .html file you need.

So your code will need to be:


$articoli = $_POST['articoli']; 

$fname = $articoli.".html"; // Changed From .inc to .html

echo $fname; // will tell you if you're getting the right filename 

require($fname); // will try to require the built filename

Whenever you try to require(); or include(); a file, you need to make sure you're using the correct file extension.

So in this case, you were trying to get a file called c.inc, which was actually c.html

Don't forget to mark the thread as resolved if it is.

Dave

fiorelina21

FINALY
all this headake for such a small detail.And it's all because my stupid book sais:"the include() and require() functions allow including php and html files.Although even if the included files contain php or html files it is reccomended that you give the .inc extenssion when including.

thanks a lot🙂

daveyc

No Problem 🙂

The littlest thing can affect everything. Remember though about the form methods and capturing the data 😉

Take Care,

Dave

fiorelina21

thanks🙂