why is this php include not working??

[Mr.Victor]

I'm having an issue with a php include I added to a web page.  I have several php includes on this webpage and they are formatted the same exact way.  It was working and for some reason it is no longer working now.  I'm not sure what happened.  I view the source code of the webpage and the code ends just before the php include.  I have tried to include the same file in other pages also with no success so I'm guessing the issue must be in the code of the included php file.  When I browse to the actual php file it displays properly.  When I paste the php code directly into the web page it displays properly.  I am racking my brain here.  I have spent hours trying to figure out what is wrong and I can't.  Please help.

 

php file displaying properly when browsed to directly:  http://www.metrowestpoker.com/includes/api/ChipLeaders.php

 

the php code in that file:

 

<?php

  $topcount = 20;  // display top 10 or use any number you like

  include "API.php";  // API $url and $pw values set here

  // Fetch the Site Name using the SystemGet API command.

  $params = "Password=" . $pw . "&Command=SystemGet&Property=SiteName";
  $api = Poker_API($url,$params,true);
  $result = $api["Result"];
  if ($result == "Error") die("Error: " . $api["Error"]);
  $sitename = $api["Value"];

  // Fetch the list of players using the AccountsList API command.

  $params = "Password=" . $pw . "&Command=AccountsList&Fields=Player,Balance";
  $api = Poker_API($url,$params,true);
  $result = $api["Result"];
  if ($result == "Error") die("Error: " . $api["Error"]);

  // Iterate through the players in the response and create a associative
  // chips array keyed on player name.

  $accounts = $api["Accounts"];
  $chips = Array();
  for ($i = 1; $i <= $accounts; $i++)
  {
    $player = $api["Player" . $i];
    $chips[$player] = $api["Balance" . $i];
  }

  // Sort array in decending order.

  arsort($chips);

  // Display results in an html table.

  echo "<table border='1' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='5'>\r\n";
  echo "<tr><th colspan='3'>$sitename - Chip Leaders</th></tr>\r\n";
  echo "<tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Balance</th></tr>\r\n";
  $rank = 0;
  foreach ($chips as $p => $c)
  {
    $rank++;
    echo "<tr><td>$rank</td><td>$p</td><td>$c</td></tr>\r\n";
    if ($rank == $topcount) break;
  }
  echo "</table><br>\r\n";

?>

 

here is the page with the above code pasted directly in (working fine...click on the online leaderboard tab):

 

http://www.metrowestpoker.com/leaderboard2.php

 

now here is the page with the above code in file ChipLeaders.php put in the includes/api/ folder (view the source to see the html cuts off where the include should begin):

 

http://www.metrowestpoker.com/leaderboard.php

 

here is a code snippet from the above page:

 

          <!--Tab2-->
          <div class="TabbedPanelsContent">
            <h4 align="center">MWPT Online Hold'em - Monthly Top 20</h4>
            <p align="center">
            <?php require 'includes/api/ChipLeaders.php'; ?> 
            </p>
          </div>

 

I feel like I looked over everything but can't figure it out.  It's driving me nuts.  Please help.  Thank you in advance.

[arbitter]

I don't know if this will help, but I've always formatted them like this

<?php
include("API.php");
?>

 

 

[Mr.Victor]

I tried that earlier.  It didn't make a difference but I do appreciate the reply anyhow.

[BK87]

try....

error_reporting (E_ALL); 

right after <?php then post an error

[tryingtolearn]

Just a stab but if it works pasted directly in page located in the root dir

but doesnt when its in the includes

but both times your are calling api.php

then that tells me that api.php is in the root dir not the includes dir.

Wouldnt you need to change that path?

 

[Mr.Victor]

try....

error_reporting (E_ALL); 

right after <?php then post an error

 

like this?

 

<?php error_reporting (E_ALL); require 'includes/api/ChipLeaders.php'; ?>

 

 

Also,

 

I tried putting the include statement ( in another file and now it displayed like it should but still won't in the original web page.  Man this has me so confused.

[Mr.Victor]

Just a stab but if it works pasted directly in page located in the root dir

but doesnt when its in the includes

but both times your are calling api.php

then that tells me that api.php is in the root dir not the includes dir.

Wouldnt you need to change that path?

 

Dreamweaver automatically updates links when the code calls it from the root dir...api.php is definitely in the includes/api/ folder.

[Mr.Victor]

bump

[rajivgonsalves]

should be a path problem try putting the following lines on the start of your script

 

 
ini_set('display_errors', '1');
error_reporting(E_ALL);

 

and tell us if you see any errors

[Mr.Victor]

Thanks Rajiv!  Making some progress.  Here is the error i got:

 

 

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare poker_api() (previously declared in /services2/webpages/util/m/w/mwpl.site.aplus.net/public/includes/api/API.php:6) in /services2/webpages/util/m/w/mwpl.site.aplus.net/public/includes/api/API.php on line 47

[rajivgonsalves]

that means the page has already been included,  remove it the include from ChipLeaders.php, or if you want it to be accessed directly also

 

use

 

require_once and include_once instead of include and require

[Mr.Victor]

I changed:

 

include "API.php";

 

to:

 

include_once "API.php";

 

in the ChipLeaders.php file and that worked out!  Sweeeet!  I'm just curious why that did it.  There is no other: include "API.php"; anywhere else in the ChipLeaders.php so I'm not sure why it's saying it's calling it twice.

[rajivgonsalves]

you must be including ChipLeaders.php in another file which has included API.php causing it to throw the error