PHP include not working from other directory

Question

I have a small PHP application that works fine on many hosting accounts and on my local server.

I'm trying to set it up for a client but the includes don't seem to work. If I am inside the application directory, all includes work fine but if I try include a file from inside this directory into a file that is located outside of this directory, it is not included. I get no errors. The php file is just not included.

I have the very same setup on other accounts and everything works fine. I am thinking that it may be some security permission settings or php.ini configuration issue.

Since I don't get any error, I don't know where to start looking. The include look like this:

<?php require_once('foldername/foldername/filename.php');?>

How can I start investigating where the problem is?

Thank you very much.

Is safe mode on in the site that doesn't work? Additionally, what does open_basedir look like? — user1276209
– user1276209, Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 2:02
maybe your hosting is configurated to not show errors. You can try activating this using this line in the first line of your PHP file: ini_set ('error_reporting', E_ALL); — Louis
– Louis, Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 2:04
Are you reporting or/and logging errors? Perhaps you can check your error log or temporarily set error_reporting and display_errors. That line indicates that you are expecting something to be in your include path that may not be there, but I would assume you know that. Still, see what the include path is where you are trying to include the filename.php echo get_include_path();. — ghbarratt
– ghbarratt, Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 2:07
Does this work if you path it using a path from the document root? — mikevoermans
– mikevoermans, Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 2:08
@K.G. Yes, safe mode is turned on. Could that be causing the include problem? — user1108996
– user1108996, Commented Mar 28, 2012 at 3:07

Shiplu Mokaddim · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-28 02:07:21Z

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This can happen if your include_path is not proper. Make sure

. is in your include_path
If foldername/foldername/filename.php is in /path/to/project directory so it forms /path/to/project/foldername/foldername/filename.php, put /path/to/project in your path.

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 2:07

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