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kredgons

Reputation: 21

PHP cron require path issue

I'm having an issue with PHP require (I think) and crontab. I'm using AWS.

The error looks like this:

PHP Fatal error:  require(): Failed opening required '/inc/classes/core/inc.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/html/inc/files/core/config.php on line 16

My PHP require looks like this:

    require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/inc/files/core/config.php');

There are similar issues here about the same thing and I looked at them, but their solutions didn't seem to work for me. One of the things I tried from Stackoverflow was this:

    $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] = realpath(dirname(__FILE__).'/../../../../');
    require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/inc/files/core/config.php');

Another was adding this to my php ini file (also a suggestion from another thread):

include_path = ".:/usr/share/php:/var/www/<directory>/"

I also tried being direct with the path (i.e., /var/www/public/inc/etc) which didn't work.

My file dictionary is like:

I should note that the requires are the same on every page and they work, except in the cron job. I read that this could be because of the $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] var being set by the user as they browse and can't be set by the crontab, but I can't figure out the fix.

The crontab looks like this, but it seems to send an email every 5 minutes like it's supposed to so I don't think there's any issue here.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/inc/files/site/cron/shop.php

I'm hoping someone has some insight on this because I'm stumped! I didn't set up any of the crontab work but the person who did left, and I'm not familiar with it.

I put in all the information here I could think of, but I'm happy to answer any additional questions.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 146

Answers (1)

Felippe Duarte
Felippe Duarte

Reputation: 15131

There is no $_SERVER when running php-cli. It will return empty or null value.

$_SERVER is an array containing information such as headers, paths, and script locations. The entries in this array are created by the web server.

https://secure.php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php

Replace with a path to the file you want, assuming the path of the script you are running. This may work, but maybe you need to add or remove some of the ../

require(__DIR__ . '/../../../files/core/config.php');

The error you get points to config.php file. You probably have another $_SERVER there, that you need to replace and/or find a way to identify whether is a HTTP request or php-cli.

Something like

if($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) {
    require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . ...);
} else {
    require(__DIR__. ...);
}

You may want to add a global constant that points to the root of you project.

if($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']) {
    const BASEDIR = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
} else {
    const BASEDIR = __DIR__. ...;
}

Then use BASEDIR for the entire application.

EDIT: as suggested by @YvesLeBorg, you can create a different file, that call your entry point with curl or wget.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/my_script.sh

Then in my_script.sh you can write

wget http://my_web_page/shop.php

Then you will have a $_SERVER and there is no need to refactor. Be aware of security, as anyone can call you page and run your proccess. You may want to use a token and validate IP Address to be sure that only you can call this shop.php page.

Upvotes: 2

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