Include file not found?

[rocky48]

I am coding some pages for a club website, where I want to restrict access to a members area.

I have got the logging in all working, but I have just introduced logout.php to logout of the restricted area.

When I run this file I get the following error:

 

 

( ! ) Warning: require_once(includes/config.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\wamp\www\MFC1066\includes\logout.php on line 4 Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0010 367672 {main}( ) ...\logout.php:0
( ! ) Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'includes/config.inc.php' (include_path='.:\wamp\www\LoginTest\includes;D:\wamp\www\lib\PHPMailer') in D:\wamp\www\MFC1066\includes\logout.php on line 4 Call Stack # Time Memory Function Location 1 0.0010 367672 {main}( ) ...\logout.php:0

This is wierd, as the file is certainly there, as I use this file in each header file.

Here is the logout.php file:

<?php # Script 16.9 - logout.php
// This is the logout page for the site.

require_once ('includes/config.inc.php'); 
$page_title = 'Logout';
include ('includes/header1.html');

// If no first_name session variable exists, redirect the user:
if (!isset($_SESSION['first_name'])) {

	$url = BASE_URL . 'index.php'; // Define the URL.
	ob_end_clean(); // Delete the buffer.
	header("Location: $url");
	exit(); // Quit the script.
	
} else { // Log out the user.

	$_SESSION = array(); // Destroy the variables.
	session_destroy(); // Destroy the session itself.
	setcookie (session_name(), '', time()-300); // Destroy the cookie.

}

// Print a customized message:
echo '<h3>You are now logged out.</h3>';

include ('includes/footer1.html');
?>

I'm wondering if it's anything to do with my session?

The seesion starts when the user logs in.

How do you maintain the session on all of the pages that I may add in the members area, until they logout?

 

Any advice would be appreciated!

[rocky48]

Sorry solved it!

Put the logout.php in the wrong folder.

Should not have been in the includes folder.

[NotionCommotion]

This is wierd, as the file is certainly there, as I use this file in each header file.

 

I know you think the file is there, but I would bet 10-to-1 odds that it isn't where you think it is.  Are you attempting to access it from a file located in a different directory?  When in doubt, try absolute file paths.

[cyberRobot]

...try absolute file paths.

 

Note that URL include wrappers needs to be enabled on the server for absolute paths.

 

As an alternative, you can use a root-relative path. The require_once, require, etc. statement just needs to start with $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']

Edited November 17, 2016 by cyberRobot