I am getting a require_once error

[co.ador]

I am getting the fallowing two error please somebody help.

Warning: require_once(error.class.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'error.class.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

Thank you

[Evoken]

'.;C:\php5\pear'

^ is that directory path correct? In particular the bolded characters?

[guido2004]

It looks like error.class.php isn't present in C:\wamp\www\

[Jake Arkinstall]

@Evoken: I don't really think that path is really important.

Does c:\wamp\www\error.class.php exist? Sure it's not in a folder?

[co.ador]

I have made a site definition in dreamweaver named ratingsystem in the remote folder C:\wamp\www\ and yes both files are included in te remote folder but still the error keep coming up.

<?php
  require_once("error.class.php");
  require_once("database.class.php");
  require_once("rating.class.php");
  
?>

That's the way I am pathing it maybe that's the problem

For further refernces I will include the site definition for rating System which i have set up in as fallows in Dreamweaver.

For local info
Site name: rating System
Local root folder: C:\RatingSystem\HTTP
address: http://localhost/

For Remote Info
Access: Local/Network
Remote folder: C:\wamp\www\For Testing Server
Server model: PHP MysqlAccess: Local/Network

Testing server
folder: C:\wamp\www\
URL prefix: http://localhost/

[Jake Arkinstall]

Before the require_once, put the following code:

echo dirname(__FILENAME__) . '<hr /><pre>';
var_dump(file_exists('error.class.php'));
echo '</pre>'; 

What is output when you try to run the file?

[co.ador]

you will excuse me but where do I find the output, to show you

With your new suggestion the whole coding would look like this

<?php
  echo dirname(__FILENAME__) . '<hr /><pre>';var_dump(file_exists('error.class.php'));echo '</pre>';     
  require_once("error.class.php");
  require_once("database.class.php");
  require_once("rating.class.php");

?>

Just want to make sure.

[co.ador]

I don't know if you meant output after puting the code you gave but this is what happens after I put the code you gave me

Notice: Use of undefined constant __FILENAME__ - assumed '__FILENAME__' in C:\wamp\www\classes\include.all.php on line 2
.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bool(true)


Warning: require_once(c:\wamp\www\database.class.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\classes\include.all.php on line 3

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'c:\wamp\www\database.class.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\classes\include.all.php on line 3

[Jake Arkinstall]

Ahh, that should have been __FILE__.

Anyway, the var_dump proves that the file error.inc.php exists.

[co.ador]

with __FILE__ instead it shows

C:\wamp\www\classes
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

bool(true)

Any suggestion on what might be causing the problem?

[Jake Arkinstall]

hmmm....

Just a wild stab in the dark:

<?php
require_once('classes/error.class.php');
require_once('classes/database.class.php');
require_once('classes/rating.class.php');

[co.ador]

i tried

<?php
require_once('classes/error.class.php');
require_once('classes/database.class.php');
require_once('classes/rating.class.php'); ?>

but still it keeps bringing the same error.

Warning: require_once(error.class.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'error.class.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

I am thinking that it might be the site definition that is not well set up.

I don't know still doesn't go beyon that point.

[crmalibu]

co.ador, I think you're making some changes here without sharing them with us. It makes it more difficult for people to help you when you do that.

In your first post, php couldn't find error.class.php but in post #7 and 8, it did find it. Yet according to the code posted, you've changed nothing which would affect this.

Anyway, a good way to see how php tries to resolve a relative filepath is by discovering what php's current working directory is at that specific point in the code. Relative filepaths are resolved against this current working directory*.

echo getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'error.class.php';
require 'error.class.php';
echo getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'database.class.php';
require 'database.class.php'; 

That will show you where php is looking for those two files.


*the value include_path can alter and complicate the behavior a bit, but doesn't appear to be the case for you.

[co.ador]

Thank you Crmalibu

what I did before was use what arkinstall suggested me to try the code below to see if the file error.class.php existed. it did existed

<?php
  echo dirname(__FILE__) . '<hr /><pre>';var_dump(file_exists('error.class.php'));echo '</pre>';     
  require_once("error.class.php");
  require_once("database.class.php");
  require_once("rating.class.php");
?>

Now the code you are suggesting me to put would look like the one below?

[PHP] <?php echo getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'error.class.php';
require 'error.class.php'; echo getcwd() .
DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'database.class.php';
require 'database.class.php';
require_once("error.class.php");
require_once("database.class.php");
require_once("rating.class.php");
PHP]

Because i tried the one above and the results or output in the Internetexplorer were as fallows:

C:\wamp\www\classes\error.class.phpC:\wamp\www\classes\database.class.php
Warning: require_once(classes/error.class.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\classes\include.all.php on line 3

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'classes/error.class.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\classes\include.all.php on line 3

[co.ador]

One thing I need to say guys i am pressing F12 from the rating-example.php file that has the fallowing code

<?php
  require_once("include.all.php");
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>CSS Star Rating System fully functional using AJAX</title>
    <link type="text/css" href="styles/rating.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/prototype.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/rating.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h4>Demo Rating System:</h4>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('demo');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('paul');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('matt');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
  </body>
</html>
<?php
  Database::DeInitialize();
?>

Then from there it requires the include.all.php file which has the fallowing code.

[PHP]<?php
require_once("error.class.php");
require_once("database.class.php");
require_once("rating.class.php");
[PHP]

And that when the error occurs if I am not wrong executing the second line

require_once("error.class.php"); 

a couple of observations I have done is that i am using dreamweaver CS3 from Torrentscan.com as a php editor or developer, Wampserver which includes Mysql, Apache and PHP. I have observed that instead of the blue php tags as shown here,

<?php ?>

In dreamweaver are shown in Red like this

<?php ?> 

I know this observations might not be relevant to the faced matter but just in case you guys know.

[crmalibu]

post the output of this

print_r(scandir('C:\wamp\www\classes')); 

[co.ador]

Excuse me I am new to php how can I post it?

just have to write it down in dreamweaver?

[crmalibu]

copy the output to this forum so we can all read it.

[co.ador]

I appologize about that

Thank you!

What I did was

[PHP]<?php
print_r(scandir('C:\wamp\www\classes'));
require_once("error.class.php");
require_once("database.class.php");
require_once("rating.class.php");
PHP]

This is the output

Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. [2] => database.class.php [3] => error.class.php [4] => include.all.php [5] => rating.class.php )

[co.ador]

This is the output from the rating_example.php file explained in post #15

Array ( [0] => . [1] => .. [2] => database.class.php [3] => error.class.php [4] => include.all.php [5] => rating.class.php )
Warning: require_once(error.class.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required 'error.class.php' (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in C:\wamp\www\include.all.php on line 2

What I did was:

<?php 
  print_r(scandir('C:\wamp\www\classes')); 
  require_once("include.all.php");
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
    <title>CSS Star Rating System fully functional using AJAX</title>
    <link type="text/css" href="styles/rating.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/prototype.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/rating.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h4>Demo Rating System:</h4>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('demo');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('paul');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
    <?php
      $ratingData = Rating::OutputRating('matt');
      
      if (Error::HasErrors())
      {
        echo Error::ShowErrorMessages();
        Error::ClearErrors();
      }
      else
      {
        echo $ratingData;
      }
    ?>
  </body>
</html>
<?php
  Database::DeInitialize();
?>