include path not working

rbhandari3

I am using wamp server

I have set the include path in php.ini and i am able to see it in phpinfo \

as include_path .;c:\Users\xxxx.;C:\php\pear

The thing is the code is written for unix server and my dev environment is windows 7 . I am trying to port the application to windows to win server and changing the mappings so that i will work.

th san folder is in c:\Users\xxx

However I am getting include error

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Cannot include: /san/http/wwwroot/mediamanager/includes/php/dao/pagecontroller/PageController.php' in C:\Users\xxxx\san\http\wwwroot\mediamanager\DAOInclude.php on line 273

NogDog

Looks like you have a hard-coded absolute path-name in the script for the file to be included, so the include_path won't even be used. The include_path will only come into play for plain file names or relative path-names (not starting with a "/").

rbhandari3

Hi Nogdog

Thanks for the quick reply.

The thing is the code works in the linux environment and is like the absoulte system file path in linux environment.
the includes are there in the bunch of files which I wanted to avoid editing.

is there any simple way to implement this without changing the files paths where its used ...

rbhandari3

rbhandari3;10979324 wrote:
Hi Nogdog

Thanks for the quick reply.

The thing is the code works in the linux environment and is like the absoulte system file path in linux environment.
the includes are there in the bunch of files which I wanted to avoid editing.

is there any simple way to implement this without changing the files paths where its used ...

the docroot is mediamanger folder..

NogDog

The best solution may depend on the actual design/implementation of your app. If everything goes through a single index.php (or whatever) file, such as in a MVC sort of design, you could set a base path variable at the start of that file:

<?php
$basePath = dirname(__FILE__);
include $basePath . '/includes/foo/bar.php';

If the app is intended to always be installed in the root web directory where it is to be used, you can use $SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']:

<?php
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/foo/bar.php';

Otherwise, you may need to set a variable or constant in a config file that gets require()'d by every script in the app:

<?php
define('BASE_DIR', 'C:/wampserver/www/my_app');
include BASE_DIR . '/includes/foo/bar.php';

Then your installation instructions (or program) would include the editing of that definition.

rbhandari3

Hi Nogdog

Thanks for the info..

I went ahead and changed the config files where the paths were included . It was not as bad as I thought 3-4 config files..

The other issue I am having is the class Locale is missing ("fatal error: Class 'Locale' not found in..."). I am using WAMP and I have enable php-intl extension... which should have fixed the problem as the dependecy for class locale is in php-intl. Do i need to make any other changes?

Thanks again

Rahul

NogDog

Assuming you restarted Apache after adding the extension, I wouldn't know off-hand what to suggest. (Normally if you enable an extension via wampserver's GUI, it restarts Apache automatically.)

rbhandari3

I fixed the issue

i needed to copy over the icu.dll files from php/php5. to apache/bin folder and it fixed the issue

bradgrafelman

PHP-related files (especially .dll files) should never be moved outside of the main PHP installation directory.

Instead, you should ensure that the PHP directory was added to your system's PATH environment variable (perhaps even as the first path in the list).