[FX.php List] PHP.ini question

Thu Nov 1 11:35:22 MDT 2007

Steve, thanks for the explanation.
Removal of the "/" does not work.
The initial file, index.php is in the root directory and the wi_form_lib.php
is in the includes directory (one level above root)

On 11/1/07 11:39 AM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:

> John,
> 
> That's because of the fundamental difference between require and include,
> the include is presumably still failing, however because it's only an
> include the rest of the script will run... require says exactly that, it's
> required so if it can't be found, stop...!
> 
> Have you tried 
>   require_once("includes/wi_form_lib.php");
> 
> (note the removal of the initial /)
> 
> Can you tell us more about the structure of the files..? what is the name of
> the file that is trying to include wi_form_lib.php...? and where is that
> file actually located relative to the file that's doing the calling...??
> 
> Cheers
> Steve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of John Funk
> Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2007 4:25 p.m.
> To: FX.php Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] PHP.ini question
> 
> Steve,
> When I replace:
> require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ."/includes/wi_form_lib.php"
> With
> require_once("/includes/wi_form_lib.php"
> 
> It still stops but I did find out that it is the require_once that is not
> working because include_once DOES NOT stop the script.
> I am checking the two PHP.ini files.
> Any more ideas?
> John
> 
> 
> On 11/1/07 7:56 AM, "John Funk" <csinfo at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Steve,
>> At one time or another yesterday I tried echoing the path and it did
> return
>> the machine path (not URL) it seems ok but I will try the relative method
>> and let you know.
>> John
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/1/07 7:36 AM, "Steve Winter" <steve at bluecrocodile.co.nz> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi John,
>>> 
>>> What do you see if you try;
>>> 
>>> echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'<br />';
>>> 
>>> Is the returned path correct...??
>>> 
>>> Have you just tried calling the include without that...? I tend to use
>>> relative references for includes, so in my instance I would have just
> put;
>>> 
>>> <?php require_once("includes/wi_form_lib.php"); ?>
>>> 
>>> Assuming that the file doing the calling is in the root, and
> wi_form_lib.php
>>> is in a sub folder of that called includes...
>>> 
>>> Try those, see if you can get as far as getting wi_form_lib.php to
> load...
>>> stick an echo 'I loaded<br />'; as the first line so that you know that
> it
>>> is...
>>> 
>>> Once you get that loading, then you can look to replicate the same tests
> in
>>> that file to determine what (if anything) is going wrong with including
> the
>>> FX.php files...
>>> 
>>> Let us know how you get on...
>>> 
>>> Cheers
>>> Steve
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org
>>> [mailto:fx.php_list-bounces at mail.iviking.org] On Behalf Of John Funk
>>> Sent: Thursday, 1 November 2007 12:20 p.m.
>>> To: FX.php Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [FX.php List] PHP.ini question
>>> 
>>> We set up the test server before we knew about the environment at the
>>> production ISP. The ISP's machine is shared by multiple sites, some PHP
> so
>>> the version cannot be changed.
>>> Here is the code that is casueing problems:
>>> <?php require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] .
> "/includes/wi_form_lib.php");
>>> ?>
>>> 
>>> wi_form_lib.php is a script that does the form processing for FileMaker.
> And
>>> wi_form_lib.php calls FX.php.
>>>  (I inherited this project so some of this was out of my control.
>>> Thanks
>>> John
>>> 
>>> On 11/1/07 1:55 AM, "Gjermund Gusland Thorsen" <ggt667 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> And why are you running different versions?
>>>> 
>>>> A real test environment should always be identical to the production
>>>> environment
>>>> 
>>>> ggt
>>>> 
>>>> On 11/1/07, Dale Bengston <dbengston at preservationstudio.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm putting my money on paths. Can you post the code that produces
>>>>> different results on the different servers?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Dale
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 31, 2007, at 9:41 PM, John Funk wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> This may not be the place but I need to find out why on my Apache test
>>>>>> server (Mac OS), can I use the PHP function (Require_Once) /
>>>>>> (Include_once)
>>>>>> just fine but on my production s Apache server (Unix) the PHP script
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> stalls right at the first occurance of this function.
>>>>>> My server guy told me to compare PHP.ini files to see what is
>>>>>> different.
>>>>>> The PHP versions are 4.1.2 (test server) and 4.2.1 (Production).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Any more ideas out there?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> John Funk
>>>>>> 
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