I'll do that Jonathan. I want to thank you again, and everyone else that gave me suggestions. I think I finally understand all the 'rules' about the include statement AND that I've got to keep a close eye on my typos. Thanks once again!
...Brad :-) "Jonathan Hilgeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > You should also put quotes around your keys in your arrays if they're > non-numeric. For instance: > $session["logged_in"] instead of $session[logged_in] > > It's good coding habit, and it sometimes will save you from some "constant" > headaches (pun intended for everyone who has run into this problem before). > > - Jonathan > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! > > > Thanks Jonathan, > Your suggestions were very helpful, especially turning on the error logging. > Here is where I'm at now: > > Files in use: > /include/dblib.inc > /include/userlib.inc > /main/page.php > > My include statements in /main/page.php: > include("../include/dblib.inc"); > include("../include/userlib.inc"); > > All the fuctions I call from dblib.inc work great, however, I have only a > single function in userlib.inc and it generates an error. The error I get > is: > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: cleansession() > > Here is the file userlib.inc: > > <php? > session_start(); > session_register( "session" ); > > function cleanSession( $id, $login, $pass ) > { > global $session; > $session[id] = $id; > $session[login] = $login; > $session[password] = $pass; > $session[logged_in] = true; > } > ?> > > Lastly, if I paste the above function into page.php (without the > session_start and session_register lines) it works fine. I've tried giving > the function a different name, changing case, all sorts of stuff. I've > tried renaming it to userlib.php and I've opened the file directly in my > browser with the error_reporting(2039); at the top and no error messages, > yet it is as if the file never gets included. I've tried including ONLY > userlib.inc and pasting all the dblib.inc functions into page.php (to rule > out dblib.inc screwing things up) and still I get the error. > > I am truly confounded at this point. Thanks for any suggestions you have. > I think I am almost out of "Include Statement Hell". ;-) > > ...Brad > > "Jonathan Hilgeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from > > > /main/page.php by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? > > > > Probably not. PHP can "see" the whole filesystem, not just the area that > is > > limited to your account. So, when you try to include "/includes/dblib.inc" > > it is trying to go down to the SYSTEM root and open up a subdirectory > called > > includes and get the file dblib.inc inside it. > > > > If you copy the dblib.inc to the same directory as page.php, you should > only > > have to say: > > include("dblib.inc"); > > > > However, if you have this layout: > > /your/account/dir/main/page.php > > /your/account/dir/includes/dblib.inc > > /your/account/dir/includes/userlib.inc > > > > Then page.php would have to say: > > include("../includes/dblib.inc"); > > > > Which would go back one directory, THEN into the includes subdirectory, > and > > then it could find dblib.inc > > > > I would definitely add: > > error_reporting(2039); > > > > ...to the top of your page.php code to see if you can pick up any errors. > > Also, check your error log if you have one (contact your hosting company > if > > you're not sure). > > > > I would definitely try to solve this the normal way by finding the problem > > with the paths rather than trying to screw with your php.ini or httpd.conf > > file - otherwise you'll have a script that might not work if you ever have > > to move your scripts or copy them to a development server or something. > > > > - Jonathan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brad Melendy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:27 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] include() statement hell! > > > > > > Thanks Jonathan, > > I'm trying to include a file /includes/dblib.inc from /main/page.php. In > > /main/page.php I use include("includes/dblib.inc");. When that didn't > work, > > I tried copying the file to /main/ and including it there and that didn't > > work either. Finally, I tried adding a specific path to the php.ini file > > for includes_path and put the files there and that worked. Then I went > and > > changed the php.ini file to remove the reference (still trying to get it > to > > work the way I THINK it should) and then it WORKED! But ONLY from within > > /main/. Each time I make these changes, I am making a matching change in > > the actual include() statement at the top of /main/page.php and I am > > restarting apache each time I change php.ini. > > > > So, maybe this is the question. Can you include a file from > /main/page.php > > by using a path of /includes/dblib.inc? > > > > dblib.inc has functions that do connections and queries to a mysql > database. > > Even stranger yet, is that I have one other include file called > userlib.inc > > that has authentication related session functions. Well, that hasn't > worked > > at all no matter what, unless I put the functions in /includes/userlib.inc > > directly into the file /main/page.php. Once there, all the functions work > > fine. Otherwise, the only error messages I get are regarding unknown > > functions being referenced, yet, I never get an error that the include > files > > can't be found. It's all crazy to me. > > > > Currently, both of my include files are called directly with two lines > like: > > > > include("dblib.inc"); > > include("userlib.inc"); > > > > They are both located in /main/ along side page.php which is calling them. > > They both seem to work this way, but as soon as I place them in /includes/ > > and try to call them using: > > > > include("includes/dblib.inc"); > > include("includes/userlib.inc"); > > > > I get errors saying that the functions can't be found, however, no errors > > saying it can't find the include files?? > > > > Lastly, even with both include files in /main/ I still have some strange > > problem with my userlib.inc file because the single function that is in > > there won't work unless the function is pasted directly into > /main/page.php. > > > > I think I've made this message way too long but I appreciate your help. > > I've got the page working reliably with the functions all pasted into > > page.php but not while including those functions. I just can't think of > > what could be making it difference. The functions are all the same, just > > running from an include file is a problem. > > > > Thanks again, just writing this up has helped to make more sense to me. I > > think the crux of the whole thing is the path. I'm using to including > files > > in ASP and those can be relative so something like ../includes/dblib.inc > > works great. > > > > ...Brad > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
