[RESOLVED] Including Class Files

MikeEller

Hi Forum,

I am beginning to work with classes.
Using PHP 5

When I include a class file, it does not work

I have a file (index.php) that includes a class file as such:
include "Situation.php";

both index.php and Situation.php are in the same directory.
When I try to load the page, it is blank.

Is there a secret way to do this?

Thanks,
Mike

NogDog

Is there anything else in the index.php file, or just the include? If just the include, is the included file just the class definition? If so, then there is nothing to display yet, as at a minimum you would need to instantiate the class, and then most likely call some methods for anything to happen.

MikeEller

Yes, there are other things in the index file. If I comment out the include, then the rest of the html shows up as expected. When the include is uncommented, nothing loads. The include is the only php code on the page right now.

NogDog

There's probably a parse error in the included file. Try adding the following to the top of the index.php script:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

If you still get a blank page, then you may have to go into your PHP configuration to set display_errors on, either via the php.ini file (if you have access to it), or via a local .htaccess file (if running on an Apache web server).

Jack_McSlay

I've had similar problems in the past and solved by adding a "./" before filenames, such as "./Situation.php", and setting the file permissions to 755

MikeEller

OK,
It was parse error....had an erroneous '(' in amongst the code.
That wasn't fun!
Thanks for all the tips and help.

Mike

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