Problems with path....

[riteshn]

Hi

I have an app whose file structure is like:

[code]
index.php
csp-admin/apply.php
csp-includes/db.php
[/code]

Now in csp-admin/apply.php, I want to add csp-includes/db.php so at the top, i added:

[code]
require("./csp-includes/db.php");
[/code]

and it gives me an error:

[code]
Warning: require(./csp-includes/db.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Users/acidity/Sites/csp/csp-admin/apply.php on line 12
[/code]

But this code in db.php works:

[code]
require('./index.php');
[/code]

I saw the docs on REQUIRE at http://us3.php.net/require and there seems to be a problem with the PATH issue. What is the problem with my code?

Ritesh

[redbullmarky]

the single dot would imply you're referring to the current directory. personally, i always steer clear of ./ and ../ when dealing with includes.

try require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/csp-includes/db.php') instead, and require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/index.php') in your db.php

[riteshn]

Even I was thinking of the above method but I have another peculiar problem. I am using Mac OS X with Apache that comes inbuilt in it and PHP module downloaded from: http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/

Now the inbuilt APACHE is configured like, if I do: http://localhost/username : it takes pages from: /Users/acidity/Sites/ so my files are at: /Users/acidity/Sites/csp/

If I do:

[code]
echo($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])
[/code]

I get,

[code]
/Library/WebServer/Documents/
[/code]

where as it should give probably: [code]/Users/acidity/Sites[/code]

so I use the code:

[code]require($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/csp-includes/db.php')
[/code]

I get the error:

[code]
Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Library/WebServer/Documents/csp-includes/db.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /Users/acidity/Sites/csp/csp-admin/search.php on line 14[/code]

Now, I have 0 idea of Apache, so I am in a fix :(

Ritesh

[redbullmarky]

if you have a file that you pretty much include on EVERY page in your site, you could always define the docroot with one of:
[code]
<?php
// for MacOSX
define('DOCROOT', '/Users/acidity/Sites'); //change to suit

// for other
define('DOCROOT', $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']);
?>
[/code]
and then use
[code]
require(DOCROOT . '/csp-include/db.php');
[/code]
or similar.