Warning: include(../../configuration.php) [function.include]: failed to open...

[jon2396]

I am setting up a previously built Joomla site on my local host. I have successfully imported the database to my localhost. I have the site files in my localhost in localhost\xampp\htdocs\test and I have made the following changes to the configuration.php file in folder 'test':

 

var $dbtype = 'mysql';

var $host = 'localhost';

var $user = 'root';

var $db = 'ukactive1';

var $log_path = '/var/localhost/htdocs/logs';

var $tmp_path = '/var/localhost/htdocs/tmp';

 

The site accesses the database and much of the functionality in the site appears to be working, but here is my problem...

 

There are several custom modules on the site all of which previously worked perfectly. Now I get the following message on the site in my browser:

 

Warning: include(../../configuration.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\modules\mod_Searched_Companies\clsSearchedCompany.php on line 2

 

and also:

 

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '../../configuration.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\pear\') in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\modules\mod_Searched_Companies\clsSearchedCompany.php on line 2

 

 

Line 2 in clsSearchedCompany.php contains the following:

 

include "../../configuration.php";

 

If anyone can help I would greatly appreciate it.

 

Many thanks

[chronister]

Anytime I use an include or require, I use the following syntax....

 

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/path/to/file/include.php');

 

 

Nate

[jon2396]

Thanks for your post, any chance you could give me a bit more detail specific to my problem here?  I am not particularly familiar with php, would just like to get my site working on my localhost.

 

Jon

[chronister]

The warning is saying that the path definition is wrong.

 

failed to open stream: No such file or directory in......

 

It is looking in the wrong place for the file. Something is different in the paths between your localhost and your old server.

 

Change

 

include "../../configuration.php";

 

to

 

include($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/PATH/TO/configuration.php');

 

Change the PATH/TO part, to the actual path from your root directory to that file.

 

Hope that helps.

[jon2396]

 

Well I'm not certain which configuration.php  file it is trying to call but I have tried your method assuming it is the joomla configuration file,  but I now have an error:

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\test\modules\mod_Quick_Search\clsQuickSearch.php on line 8

 

Line 8 is

 

function getAllActivities()

{

$strSQL = "select * from activities order by Activity asc";

 

Any ideas?

 

 

[chronister]

The config file it is looking for is 2 directories above your file...

 

C:\xampp\htdocs\test\configuration.php

 

The problem is very possibly in line 7. What is that one?

[jon2396]

Here are lines 1 to 13.

 

 

1  <?php

2 include  "/../../configuration.php;";

3 class quicksearch

4 {

5

6 function getAllActivities()

7 {

8 $strSQL = "select * from activities order by Activity asc";

9 //echo $strSQL;

10 $result = mysql_query($strSQL);

11 if(!$result)

12 {

13 return 0;

[chronister]

Line 2 needs to be

include  "/../../configuration.php"; instead of  include  "/../../configuration.php;"; ... there is an extra semi-colon inside the ".

 

Try that and see if it helps.

 

Nate

[jon2396]

That was a mistake in copying the code, in my original post that ; wasn't there.  So no, sadly it doesn't make a difference.  Any other ideas?