[RESOLVED] require_once

[slick101]

Hi everyone I think I am having some sort of issue trying to use require_once

the file exists.

if(file_exists('includes/bootstrap.php'))
	echo "yes";
else echo "no";

but when i try

require_once('includes/bootstrap.php') or die('Could not find file');

I get:

PHP Warning: require_once(1): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/www.site.dev/test.php on line 8
PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '1' (include_path='.:') in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/www.site.dev/test.php on line 8

Should the warning show the file in the parenthesis instead of 1?

I tried also doing:

ini_set('include_path', ini_get('include_path') . ':' . dirname(FILE) . DS . 'includes');

but still same issue.

I dont have a problem when I do include_once.

[NogDog]

I suspect that because require_once is a language construct and not a function (and thus the parentheses are optional), the or is being processed first. You are therefore trying to require_once the result of the logical comparison, not the file name. Since require_once will die anyway if it fails, try doing it without the or die().

[slick101]

thank you NogDog.