[SOLVED] ../ gives problems

[darksniperx]

code:inside Feed.php

$language = 'en';
include_once '../lang/Feed_' .$language. '.php';

 

error:

Warning: showfeed(../lang/Feed_en.php) [function.showfeed]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/frdowd3/public_html/alex/alpha/forms/Feed.php on line 5

Warning: showfeed() [function.include]: Failed opening '../lang/Feed_en.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/frdowd3/public_html/alex/alpha/forms/Feed.php on line 5

 

directory structure:

alpha\
-forms\
          -Feed.php
-lang\
         -Feed_en.php

 

what can I do to fix the error, and I have checked all files are where they are suppose to be.

[darksniperx]

I head that php include and relative path are a pain, and that it sees "../" as "/", is there anyway to fix that. I am using php 4.x

[jordanwb]

A couple of things: When a file (say dir1/foo.php) is included into another file (say dir2/foo.php), the source must be relative too the foo.php in dir2. Second perhaps the server does not have permission to execute the file? And possibly third does the file exist?

[Crew-Portal]

Very Simple because include(); is a function it needs to be inside brackets:

Change

<?php
$language = 'en';
include_once '../lang/Feed_' .$language. '.php';
?>

To...

<?php
$language = 'en';
include_once ('../lang/Feed_' .$language. '.php');
?>

 

[jordanwb]

No you don't need to, it's a language construct (whatever that means), so it doesn't need the brackets. Same for print and echo, as well as require

[nuxy]

The brackets are not required, I have tested this myself before.

 

Now, back to the question at hand.

darksniperx, Try using the absolute path of that file.

Example:

$language = 'en';
include_once getcwd() . '/lang/Feed_' .$language. '.php';

[centerwork]

Try this:

 

$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/lang/Feed_en.php"

[nuxy]

Try this:

 

$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/lang/Feed_en.php"

 

That will not work if the file is in a sub directory.

My example of using getcwd retrieves the current directory the script is executing from.

[darksniperx]

my ftp is down, I will try as soon as it comes back up. Thx for all your support. Thats why phpfreaks.com rocks!!!!

[darksniperx]

Try this:

 

$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/lang/Feed_en.php"

 

could not use since i am not at www root.

 

$language = 'en';

include_once getcwd() . '/lang/Feed_' .$language. '.php';

 

Works Great thx..