Fatal error

[badlou]

Hi,
I would really appreciate a good reply for help on the following error, my post is a bit long to help make better understanding of the nature of the problem.

My environment: Suse 10, Apache 2, PHP 4.x.x, mysql

Error Example1.1:
Warning: main(includes/configure.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /srv/www/htdocs/catalog/includes/application_top.php on line 34

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'includes/configure.php' (include_path='/usr/share/php') in /srv/www/htdocs/catalog/includes/application_top.php on line 34


My solution that helped the script get past installing the database lies in editing lines with "require" directive in the following manner:

Solution Example1.2
Extract from line 34 in application_top.php:
require('includes/configure.php'); //by default triggers the above error in example 1.1
My Solution: altering the relative path to become absolute path in the specified line:
require('/srv/www/htdocs/catalog/incdlues/configure.php'); // Problem solved but the modification process is painstaking and time-consuming.


I'd be thankful for any help to solve the scripts' nagging need for an absolute path rather than the relative one by default?
(I've followed all the installation requirements and procedures word by word but in vain)

Regards

[michael_s]

Where do you get this error?

Also, there should be no need to change the path notation. If you correctly define your paths in the configure.php file, there will be no problems.

[badlou]

I had this problem when I pointed my browser with root privileges to http://localhost/catalog/install/. But now, the package is installed and running perfectly.

It turned out that php.ini (php configuration file) needs a little tweaking by commenting out the following line: ;include_path = "/usr/share/php" Then I restarted httpd and accessed the above URL and proceeded with no single error.

Thanks anyways!

[michael_s]

Glad you got it sorted out!

[vforste]

Signed up for the same issue... Thought maybe I was missing something.

After following the code ... I do not see how this can be correct out of the box.
The require statement is in the include path and yet the code includes a path... require uses relative paths so in turn the meaning of this code to me means configure.php should be in a sub directory of includes, called includes, because application_top is already in the relative includes path.

require('includes/configure.php');

this line should quite simple read.

require('configure.php');

or am I missing something ? since it is the 7th line of code being executed it sound likes theres no way it can work. But I have been wrong before...

[jpf]

Originally Posted by badlou

require('/srv/www/htdocs/catalog/incdlues/configure.php');

Question - is this a typo? incdlues?

Make sure your PATHS are properly entered into your configure.php files (do you see /srv/www/htdocs/ in there?).

Double check all your paths.

[vforste]

See but there lies the problem. This is the require of the configure.php that is causing the fatal error and why it fails. I'm going out on a fence here but, it does not matter what is defined in configure.php if it cannot even open it.

[jpf]

Originally Posted by vforste

See but there lies the problem. This is the require of the configure.php that is causing the fatal error and why it fails. I'm going out on a fence here but, it does not matter what is defined in configure.php if it cannot even open it.

configure.php is in the sub directory of includes - and is NOT in the main (web accessable root) of your page - thus "includes/configure.php" is correct and "configure.php" is wrong as it not nessarly being exisitng in ALL directories.

If you remove it then it would be looking for the file in www.yoursite.com/catalog/configure.php or /var/your/server/path/www or public or html etc.../catalog/configure.php which should not exist.

When you run the index.php in /catalog/ your telling it to look for it in the path from current directory call includes/configure.php (ie: /catalog/includes/configure.php).

You should NOT be admending or hardcoding the path for any files in osC or osCMax except for in both of your configure.php files.

[vforste]

I understand thouroughly ... However

Just to clip the manual require looks in the current working directory then the included files path. I was alway under the impression it was only relative path. Looks like I am mistaken on that one...
From php.net

Files for including are first looked in include_path relative to the current working directory and then in include_path relative to the directory of current script. E.g. if your include_path is ., 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/ and then in /www/include/. If filename begins with ./ or ../, it is looked only in include_path relative to the current working directory.

So after looking at the php manual it should work as is...

PHP Code:

  require('includes/configure.php'); 


But it does not... It only works in this format.

PHP Code:

  require('configure.php'); 


Meaning to me I must have something screwed up in my php.ini file or somewhere, because it does not find it using the path and yet it does if I remove the path and the slash, which would be the includes directory either way according to the manual. I do see some notes about problems with this that I will have to read up on though.

So what else can make this happen ? I'm in the process of tweaking the php.ini to see if there maybe something incorrect there. I was going to give up but now I am intrigued as to why this is happening. I will post the results for future reference.

BTW I am not the originator of this post. Hardcoding a path is a definate no no in my book. Fear not I am only looking for a proper resolution.

[jpf]

In you PHP.INI file - undo your editing. Restore your backup php.ini.

Not sure what you changed in php.ini but check/change to:
safe_mode_include_dir =

and (exact path may differ a bit)

; UNIX: "/path1:/path2"
include_path = ".:/php5/includes"

or

; Windows: "\path1;\path2"
include_path = ".;${path}\php5\pear\"



No need to INCLUDE a directory for anything as there are many OTHER includes that is not in the include directory (but in sub directories).

The only thing you may have to edit in php.ini is: register_globals=On (and maybe register_long_arrays = On)