PHP absolute path problem...

[Tony Scharf]

I can't , unfortunately, be of any help except to say I *hate* php.
Every time I have had to work with it, its made me die a little
inside.

Tony

On 3/25/10, Mikael Hansson <forums at deadmengods.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm currently studying PHP and I've run into a problem when putting an
> exercise on my school account.
>
> The (problem related) files are in this location
>
> [my account]/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/index.php
> [my account]/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/_includes/config.inc.php
> [my account]/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/_includes/magicquotes.inc.php
>
>
> In index.php I have the following:
> <?php
>    include "_includes/config.inc.php";
>    include_once $includePath.'magicquotes.inc.php';
>    ...
>
> and in config.inc.php i have:
> <?php
>    $serverPath = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
>    $folderPath =
> "/home/stud09/data1/STUDF/M09K0054/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/";
>    $fullPath = $serverPath.$folderPath;
>    $includePath = $fullPath."_includes/";
> ?>
>
> When I try to access index.php I get the following error:
> Warning:
> include_once(/srv/www/htdocs/home/stud09/data1/STUDF/M09K0054/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/_includes/magicquotes.inc.php)
> [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> /home/stud09/data1/STUDF/M09K0054/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/index.php on
> line 4
>
> Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening
> '/srv/www/htdocs/home/stud09/data1/STUDF/M09K0054/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/_includes/magicquotes.inc.php'
> for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in
> /home/stud09/data1/STUDF/M09K0054/public_html/032289/web3/inl2/index.php on
> line 4
>
> The strange thing is that when I run this from my deadmengods.com server
> it's working properly (changing folder path to reflect the proper path)
>
> I've tried stripping down the folderpath step by step but none works.
>
> Does anyone have any clue to what can be the cause?
>
> /Micke


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