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The Link Keeper
The Link Keeper

Reputation: 11

PHP is looking for a file in the wrong place

I am an amateur web developer and I am trying to get my site live for the first time. The site is working and all of the files are uploaded but the site is not loading my PHP includes.

Here is the error message:

Warning: include(includes/header.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home4/myUsername/public_html/index.php on line 3

How can I get PHP to look in public_html/ rather than public_html/index.php?

EDIT: I have tried editing the include path. It doesn't seem to change where php is looking for the file. Additionally my includes work properly in localhost.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1486

Answers (3)

Aaron Saray
Aaron Saray

Reputation: 1177

I'm going to assume this is your folder structure:

  • public_html/index.php
  • public_html/includes/header.php

Generally (not always), $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] will now reflect the path to the base public_html directory (this I'm assuming based on the context of your message). This means you can always point to the root this way. - no matter if you have /index.php or /my/deep/file/structure.php

Try this with your include statement on index.php

<?php
include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/includes/header.php');

Upvotes: 2

Brandon Buck
Brandon Buck

Reputation: 7181

You may need to change the include path in your php.ini file or use set_include_path() to change the include path.

Here is the manual entry for the function call if you'd like to read more about it.

Upvotes: 1

Japeth
Japeth

Reputation: 5

Have you checked already the include file?

in given. include(folder_includes/file_header.php);

Upvotes: 0

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