Cannot find class that was just included

[jordanwb]

I have the class called "date_sys" and it is saved in the file date.php Now I have the file called session.php which includes date.php (they are the in the same directory).

 

date_sys class:

 

<?php

class date_sys
{
    static function breakdown_int_timestamp ($timestamp)
    {
        $datestamp[0] = substr ($timestamp, 0, 4);
        $datestamp[1] = substr ($timestamp, 4, 2);
        $datestamp[2] = substr ($timestamp, 6, 2);
        $datestamp[3] = substr ($timestamp, 8, 2);
        $datestamp[4] = substr ($timestamp, 10, 2);
        $datestamp[5] = substr ($timestamp, 12, 2);
        
        return $datestamp;
    }
    
    static function month_from_int ($int)
    {
        $int = (int) $int;
        $months = array ("", "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
        return $months[$int];
    }
}

?>

 

Now in the session.php file right after I include the file I go:

 

<?php

include "date.php";

die(date_sys::month_from_int (4));

?>

And I'm getting: Fatal error: Class 'date_sys' not found in D:\xampp\htdocs\scm\core\session.php on line 12

 

[Edit] Here's something interesting. The errors occurs on my computer (Windows XP) but not on my Server (Ubuntu Server 7.10). Perhaps something in the php.ini file?

[revraz]

I believe include is a function.

 

include ("date.php");

 

[jordanwb]

^ Technically it is but PHP.net refers to it as a "language construct" (whatever that means) so I don't need the brackets. Same for print, echo, require and a few others.

[revraz]

You can check the include path in your php.ini and see if something other than / is in there.

[jordanwb]

I found this in the php.ini file:

 

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
include_path = ".:\xampp\php\pear\"

 

Is this what you're referring to?

[revraz]

Yep, look at your windows include path.

[jordanwb]

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
; Paths and Directories ;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
;include_path = ".:/php/includes"
;
; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
include_path = "/" <- Is that correct?

 

But what's weird is that session.php includes other files. (sql.php, cookie.php plus others) and it's just fine. Why does iit not like my date_sys class?

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Are you browsing to session.php directly or are you including it into some main file?

 

Also, what versions of php are you using. The posted code works on php5.

[jordanwb]

index.php includes core/session.php. session.php in turn includes sql.php, cookie.php, date.php and some others.

 

I'm using PHP 5.2.4 on Windows and 5.2.3 on Ubuntu.

[revraz]

Try using an absolute include path just to make sure.

[jordanwb]

I don't think the path is the issue because all my other includes work and they are in the same directory.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Check your web server log for errors to find out what is really happening.

 

The include_path is probably at fault. Why other include files work (perhaps they are working because they are getting included elsewhere) is any bodies guess.

 

Files for including are first looked for in each include_path entry relative to the current working directory, and then in the directory of current script. E.g. if your include_path is libraries, current working directory is /www/, you included include/a.php and there is include "b.php" in that file, b.php is first looked in /www/libraries/ and then in /www/include/. If filename begins with ./ or ../, it is looked only in the current working directory.

 

Based on that, perhaps you have more than one date.php file and the wrong one is getting found due to the include_path searches and the CWD.

[jordanwb]

The theory about the double date.php is possible but the question that still remains is why it's fine in linux but not in Windows.

[trq]

why it's fine in linux but not in Windows

 

Probably because your windows include_path is foobar'd.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

foobar'd

 

Is that a programming specific term or a general technical term? 

[trq]

General technical :-)

[jordanwb]

Probably because your windows include_path is foobar'd.

 

Lol, I tried reinstalling XAMPP but that didn't work. As long as it works on my server is fine with me.