[RESOLVED] including file from main directory in subdomain

patsfans

I have a subdomain on my server that I just set up under a domain (let's call it http://sub1.mydomain.com) and I'm trying to include files from the parent domain on a few pages in there but it's not letting me.

Normally I would use an include like this:

<? include ("/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/file.php"); ?>

And if it's on the subdomain, it's obviously structured like this:

<? include("/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/subdomains/sub1/httpdocs/file.php"); ?>

What I'm trying to do is run this tag ( <? include ("/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/file.php"); ?> ) on the subdomain, but it's not loading. I'm guessing it's a permission issue - but I'm wondering if anyone has run into this before and has an easy fix?

bradgrafelman

The "easy fix" is to first find out what exactly is wrong and to then address that problem. We don't know if we have "run into this before", since you haven't given us enough information to figure out what "this" is.

For example, have you tried changing the include() to a [man]require/man and checking to see if your error logs (PHP's and/or your webserver's) contain any useful information? (If not, do you even have log_errors set to On and error_reporting set to E_ALL?)

Finally, what does "it's not loading" mean, exactly?

patsfans

bradgrafelman;11017309 wrote:
The "easy fix" is to first find out what exactly is wrong and to then address that problem. We don't know if we have "run into this before", since you haven't given us enough information to figure out what "this" is.

For example, have you tried changing the include() to a [man]require/man and checking to see if your error logs (PHP's and/or your webserver's) contain any useful information? (If not, do you even have log_errors set to On and error_reporting set to E_ALL?)

Finally, what does "it's not loading" mean, exactly?

OK - I'll get straight to the point:

I'm trying to include the following on a page on the subdomain, which is on the same server as the parent domain:

<? include ("/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/file.php"); ?>

By "Not working" I mean the file doesn't open/execute.

The error I get when I check the error log is "Failed opening '/home/httpd/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs/file.php' for inclusion".

Again, since it's on a subdomain I'm just wondering if there's a permission issue or if there's something else that needs to be done that I'm just missing.

bradgrafelman

It's hard to say when you get that error message, but it's certainly possible that it's a permissions issue.

Do you know which user and group are being used to execute the PHP scripts on this subdomain? Likewise, have you checked to see if that user (and/or group) has at least execute permissions on every directory leading up to the file being included (e.g. /home, /home/httpd, /home/httpd/vhosts/, etc.)? Finally, have you checked to see if that user/group has permissions to read (and/or potentially execute) that .php file?

patsfans

bradgrafelman;11017323 wrote:
It's hard to say when you get that error message, but it's certainly possible that it's a permissions issue.

Do you know which user and group are being used to execute the PHP scripts on this subdomain? Likewise, have you checked to see if that user (and/or group) has at least execute permissions on every directory leading up to the file being included (e.g. /home, /home/httpd, /home/httpd/vhosts/, etc.)? Finally, have you checked to see if that user/group has permissions to read (and/or potentially execute) that .php file?

I dug a little further and got a "permission denied" with that error, so I'm checking now to see what setting on the server needs to be changed in order to allow it to execute while keeping everything secure. I'll report back once I find out, and I certainly appreciate the fact you've taken time to respond 🙂

patsfans

It turns out there needed to be a setting changed in the conf file on the server to permit this, and now it's functioning properly using the normal include tag. I'll mark this "solved", and hopefully this helps others who may run into this issue in the future.

bradgrafelman

If it is truly your hope that this thread may help others, you might want to consider sharing which "setting" it was that needed to be changed.

patsfans

bradgrafelman;11017419 wrote:
If it is truly your hope that this thread may help others, you might want to consider sharing which "setting" it was that needed to be changed.

Absolutely. It's the conf setting under the subdomain within the server admin panel with the filepath for the include that requires a permission change to permit it. The best bet is to contact the server adminstrator (which is what I did) and they'll set it up.