include() doesn't work

[sydney_simon]

Hello!
I hope that this is worthy of being a new topic, and not covered anywhere else.
I am new to linux but I have got XAMPP going (thank you). But my includes wont work!
they are relative paths - eg,
<?php
include "templates/head.php";
?>
I have tried and tried to change the value for "include_path" inside the etc/php.ini file: to things like ".", or "/opt/lampp/htdocs" etc - but to no avail.

It didn't work out of the box, so perhaps there is something obvious I haven't done? Perhaps I'm totally on the wrong track - any help appreciated, thanks - Simon

[Wiedmann]

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<?php
include "templates/head.php";
?>

In which directory is this file?

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include "templates/head.php";

In which directory is the file "templates/head.php"?

I have tried and tried to change the value for "include_path"

What is the current value of "include_path" in the output from phpinfo().

But my includes wont work!

- error message in browser?
- Apache error_log?

[sydney_simon]

Hello -

1) the value of path_include:
The value of path_include has been various things, as i have tried different combinations, but at the moment it is:
"/" on the phpinfo page.

2) where is the file containing the code "include 'templates/head.php'"?
The directory "template" is in the same directory as the document that contains the code:

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<?php
include "templates/head.php";
?>

when on this page I change the code from "templates/head.php", to being the whole path - something like "/opt/lampp/htdocs/simons/library/templates/head.php" - then it works -

in summary, the file is in the directory "library", the file i'm trying to include is in the directory "templates", which is in the directory called "library".

[Wiedmann]

but at the moment it is: "/" on the phpinfo page.

That's not the XAMPP default. Please restore the original setting (and post this value).

when on this page I change the code from "templates/head.php", to being the whole path - something like "/opt/lampp/htdocs/simons/library/templates/head.php" - then it works -

Well then we can say:
The file containing the code "include 'templates/head.php'" is in the directory:
"/opt/lampp/htdocs/simons/library/

The file "templates/head.php" is in the directory:
"/opt/lampp/htdocs/simons/library/templates/"

You open the file, which containing the code "include 'templates/head.php'", in your browser with:
http://localhost/simons/library/file.php

[sydney_simon]

I haven't read the replies yet - thanks so much - Um,
I was running the website on a windows server and at some stage I must have made my directory have a capital first letter.

Paths are case sensitive in linux, of course. I've commented out the path_include line in the php.ini file, as the includes are working, fine without it.

Sorry about all that - this is my first linux experience -
Simon

[Wiedmann]

as the includes are working, fine without it.

Fine


BTW:

I must have made my directory have a capital first letter.

I don't see any "capital first letter" in your posts. It's really a good idea to give complete and correct infos if you ask for help. And not something like:
"to being the whole path - something like ..." <--
"But my includes wont work! they are relative paths - eg," <--

Only a hint for your next questions

[sydney_simon]

I don't see any "capital first letter" in your posts. It's really a good idea to give complete and correct infos if you ask for help. And not something like:
"to being the whole path - something like ..." <--
"But my includes wont work! they are relative paths - eg," <--

Yes, you are absolutely right - my only excuse is that the pages are on my laptop at home and now i'm on my work computer at work... actually i'd better get to work - thanks again - Simon

[Wiedmann]

actually i'd better get to work -

And I to bed It's 1:45 am here.

BTW:
Don't work hard, work smart and have a nice day