Warning: require_once(C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting./class/autoloader.php): Failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting\includes.php on line 7

[AndyLou]

Hello, can you please help me figure out what's wrong with my code "I keep on receiving this error message.  Please bare with me I'm still learning in this field and don't know a lot of things. 

"Warning: require_once(C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting./class/autoloader.php): Failed to open stream: Permission denied in C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting\includes.php on line 7

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required 'C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting./class/autoloader.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting\includes.php:7 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting\dashboard\index.php(2): require_once() #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\demand_forcasting\includes.php on line 7

[requinix]

Normally the "permission denied" is your major clue as to the problem, but in this case it's a little misleading...

Take a close look at the path that require_once is trying to load.