require_once() ... gone mad? !

I have been struggling with this all afternoon and I'm, well lats just
say, very pissed off ...

I have a require once in a file. I am passing the fully qualified (i.e.
absolute pathname) to a file that exists on my machine (I'm looking ath
the file now).

I am evaluating the pathname like this (see below)

Contents of app_config.php
===========================
<?php
function fix_trailing_char($pathname){
$fixedname = $pathname[strlen($pathname)-1] == "/" ? $pathname :
$pathname. "/" ;
return $fixedname;
}

define("DOC_ROOT", fix_trailing_char(dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])));
define("CLASS_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "classes/");
define("CONFIG_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "global/");

?>



The file below causes errors
==============================
<?php
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "global/app_config.php");
require_once(CLASS_ROOT. "common/somefile.php");

?>


I get this error:

Warning:
require_once(C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php)
[function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or
directory in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on
line 11

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
'C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php'
(include_path='.;C:\workdir\src\website\www\;C:\wo rkdir\src\website\www\classes;C:\workdir\src\websi te\www\classes\mystuff')
in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on line 11

For the cynics out there who may think the file does not exist:

C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common>dir pack*
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 7C79-29A1

Directory of C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common

12/05/2008 15:59 5,885 package.exceptions.errors.php
12/05/2008 16:02 364 package.exceptions.errors.test.php
2 File(s) 6,249 bytes
0 Dir(s) 6,603,599,872 bytes free


Incidentally, is there any way for me to change the include_path in a
script ?

Looking for some answers quickly before I throw my computer out of the
window (or better still go back to C++ where everything seems to make so
much more sense)

Ronald Raygun wrote:
<snip>

made typo whilst editing the text to post in the ng. This should read

The file below causes errors
==============================
<?php
require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "global/app_config.php");
require_once(CLASS_ROOT. "common/package.exceptions.errors.php");

?>
</snip>

On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:22:16 +0200, Ronald Raygun <invalid@domain.com>
wrote:
> I have been struggling with this all afternoon and I'm, well lats just
> say, very pissed off ...
>
> I have a require once in a file. I am passing the fully qualified (i.e.
> absolute pathname) to a file that exists on my machine (I'm looking ath
> the file now).
>
> I am evaluating the pathname like this (see below)

> C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php
> C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on

-------------------------^^^
I suspect you're missing the 'www' part in the absolute path.
Also, aboid absolute paths is possible. Relative to the DOCUMENT_ROOT is
easiest & portable, if for a stand alone module this can not be done
relative to the file doing the including.


> C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common>dir pack*

That's not the directory you fed it....

> Incidentally, is there any way for me to change the include_path in a
> script ?

ini_set('include_path','.;C:/etc/;D:/etc/');

> Looking for some answers quickly before I throw my computer out of the
> window (or better still go back to C++ where everything seems to make so
> much more sense)

No matter the language, I don't think any of them has automatic & psychic
correcting of wrong paths :P. Keep sane, drink a cup of coffe away from
your computer :).
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:34:20 +0200, Rik Wasmus
<luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Also, aboid absolute paths is possible. Relative to the DOCUMENT_ROOT is
> easiest & portable, if for a stand alone module this can not be done
> relative to the file doing the including.

Mea culpa, you allready do that, I was just looking at the error output.
Disregard that remark.
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Ronald Raygun wrote:
> I have been struggling with this all afternoon and I'm, well lats just
> say, very pissed off ...
>
> I have a require once in a file. I am passing the fully qualified (i.e.
> absolute pathname) to a file that exists on my machine (I'm looking ath
> the file now).
>
> I am evaluating the pathname like this (see below)
>
> Contents of app_config.php
> ===========================
> <?php
> function fix_trailing_char($pathname){
> $fixedname = $pathname[strlen($pathname)-1] == "/" ? $pathname :
> $pathname. "/" ;
> return $fixedname;
> }
>
> define("DOC_ROOT",
> fix_trailing_char(dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])));
> define("CLASS_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "classes/");
> define("CONFIG_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "global/");
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> The file below causes errors
> ==============================
> <?php
> require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "global/app_config.php");
> require_once(CLASS_ROOT. "common/somefile.php");
>
> ?>
>
>
> I get this error:
>
> Warning:
> require_once(C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php)
> [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or
> directory in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on
> line 11
>
> Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
> 'C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php'
> (include_path='.;C:\workdir\src\website\www\;C:\wo rkdir\src\website\www\classes;C:\workdir\src\websi te\www\classes\mystuff')
> in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on line 11
>
> For the cynics out there who may think the file does not exist:
>
> C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common>dir pack*
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 7C79-29A1
>
> Directory of C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common
>
> 12/05/2008 15:59 5,885 package.exceptions.errors.php
> 12/05/2008 16:02 364 package.exceptions.errors.test.php
> 2 File(s) 6,249 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 6,603,599,872 bytes free
>
>
> Incidentally, is there any way for me to change the include_path in a
> script ?
>
> Looking for some answers quickly before I throw my computer out of the
> window (or better still go back to C++ where everything seems to make so
> much more sense)
>

What are the permissions on the file? Does the webserver have access to it?

And are you *sure* the file is:

C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php

I've been thrown off by a minor typo before!

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Ronald Raygun wrote:
> I have been struggling with this all afternoon and I'm, well lats just
> say, very pissed off ...
>
> I have a require once in a file. I am passing the fully qualified (i.e.
> absolute pathname) to a file that exists on my machine (I'm looking ath
> the file now).
>
> I am evaluating the pathname like this (see below)
>
> Contents of app_config.php
> ===========================
> <?php
> function fix_trailing_char($pathname){
> $fixedname = $pathname[strlen($pathname)-1] == "/" ? $pathname :
> $pathname. "/" ;
> return $fixedname;
> }
>
> define("DOC_ROOT",
> fix_trailing_char(dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])));
> define("CLASS_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "classes/");
> define("CONFIG_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "global/");
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> The file below causes errors
> ==============================
> <?php
> require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "global/app_config.php");
> require_once(CLASS_ROOT. "common/somefile.php");
>
> ?>
>
>
> I get this error:
>
> Warning:
> require_once(C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php)
> [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or
> directory in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on
> line 11
>
> Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required
> 'C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php'
> (include_path='.;C:\workdir\src\website\www\;C:\wo rkdir\src\website\www\classes;C:\workdir\src\websi te\www\classes\mystuff')
> in C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php on line 11
>
> For the cynics out there who may think the file does not exist:
>
> C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common>dir pack*
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is 7C79-29A1
>
> Directory of C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\common
>
> 12/05/2008 15:59 5,885 package.exceptions.errors.php
> 12/05/2008 16:02 364 package.exceptions.errors.test.php
> 2 File(s) 6,249 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 6,603,599,872 bytes free
>
>
> Incidentally, is there any way for me to change the include_path in a
> script ?
>
> Looking for some answers quickly before I throw my computer out of the
> window (or better still go back to C++ where everything seems to make so
> much more sense)
>

Also - these aren't the statements which are including
C:/workdir/src/website/classes/common/package.exceptions.errors.php.
That line is on line 11 of
C:\workdir\src\website\www\classes\auth\MyControll er.php.

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Ronald Raygun <invalid@domain.com> wrote:
>...
>Contents of app_config.php
>===========================
><?php
>function fix_trailing_char($pathname){
> $fixedname = $pathname[strlen($pathname)-1] == "/" ? $pathname :
>$pathname. "/" ;
> return $fixedname;
>}
>
>define("DOC_ROOT", fix_trailing_char(dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])));
>define("CLASS_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "classes/");
>define("CONFIG_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "global/");
>
>?>

Does PHP on Windows guarantee that $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] uses forward
slashes and not backslashes? I didn't realize that. My extensive
empirical tests (i.e., 1 system) shows that it seems to be true, but is
that in the documentation?
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

Tim Roberts wrote:
> Ronald Raygun <invalid@domain.com> wrote:
>> ...
>> Contents of app_config.php
>> ===========================
>> <?php
>> function fix_trailing_char($pathname){
>> $fixedname = $pathname[strlen($pathname)-1] == "/" ? $pathname :
>> $pathname. "/" ;
>> return $fixedname;
>> }
>>
>> define("DOC_ROOT", fix_trailing_char(dirname($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])));
>> define("CLASS_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "classes/");
>> define("CONFIG_ROOT", DOC_ROOT . "global/");
>>
>> ?>
>
> Does PHP on Windows guarantee that $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] uses forward
> slashes and not backslashes? I didn't realize that. My extensive
> empirical tests (i.e., 1 system) shows that it seems to be true, but is
> that in the documentation?

AFAIK, it is always the case, but I see no guarantee. Mixing it up in
PHP ('C:\path\sub\adh/asd/asd/asd') is no problem though, and the
escaping problem (double your \'s) has allready been passed, the string
is OK.
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