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I'm using Xampp and I got this frustrating error and couldn't figure out how to fix it.

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Notice: Use of undefined constant DB_SERVER - assumed 'DB_SERVER' in C:\xampp-portable\htdocs\gallery\includes\database.php on line 12


Here is my index.php file located in "gallery/public/" folder

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<?php
require_once("../includes/database.php");

if (isset($database)){
echo "Is this working?";
}
?>


Here is the config.php located in "gallery/includes/" folder

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<?php
define('DB_SERVER', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'root');
define('DB_PASS', '');
define('DB_NAME', 'photo_gallery');
?>


and here is the database.php located in "gallery/includes/" folder

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<?php
require_once("config.php");
class MySQLDatabase {
   
   private $connection;
   
  function __construct() {
    $this->open_connection();
  }

   public function open_connection() {
      $this->connection = mysql_connect(DB_SERVER, DB_USER, DB_PASS);
      if (!$this->connection) {
         die("Database connection failed: " . mysql_error());
      } else {
         $db_select = mysql_select_db(DB_NAME, $this->connection);
         if (!$db_select) {
            die("Database selection failed: " . mysql_error());
         }
      }
   }

   public function close_connection() {
      if(isset($this->connection)) {
         mysql_close($this->connection);
         unset($this->connection);
      }
   }
}

$database = new MySQLDatabase();
$db =& $database;

?>

Just a test:
please rename your file config.php to something very unique like config123.php and change the require statement too.
I guess it is conflicting with the config.php file inside of PHP PEAR.

That works. Thanks. But do you have any other solution that do not require renaming config.php?
Something with BASE magic varible?

ianonyk wrote:That works. Thanks. But do you have any other solution that do not require renaming config.php?
Something with BASE magic varible?

Two more possible solutions:

• require your file with
  

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  require dirname(__FILE__) . '/config.php';

• remove PEAR from the php.ini include_path setting, if you will never need it

best wishes,
Altrea