Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Tyson Vanover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to keep my tools and pages segregated for a variety of reasons (organization, security, etc). And I am having problems with my includes on my LAMP box. My user facing tools are not including my utility classes and files. The root directory of my web server (www.hostname.com/) is: /srv/www/html/ My utility classes and files that need to be included by many of my user tools are in subdirectories of: /srv/www/html/Tools ie /srv/www/html/Tools/tool1/tool1.php /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php included in these sub directories are tool testing pages (toolname-test.php) and other includes. As long as the file that is including other files is in the same directory as the files it is including, it works just fine. My user tools each have their own subdirectories off the webserver root /srv/www/html/ ie /srv/www/html/library/index.php So I would think that to include my utility files into my user tools I would start the file with something like this: require /Tools/tool1/tool1.php; require /Tools/tool2/tool2.php; But when I do I get: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 16 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 16 Am I missing something? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I'm pretty sure you're gonna need to include the entire path: require( /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php ); for both of your tools. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. Reseller plans and Dedicated servers available. Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life.
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Tyson Vanover wrote: I am trying to keep my tools and pages segregated for a variety of reasons (organization, security, etc). And I am having problems with my includes on my LAMP box. My user facing tools are not including my utility classes and files. The root directory of my web server (www.hostname.com/) is: /srv/www/html/ My utility classes and files that need to be included by many of my user tools are in subdirectories of: /srv/www/html/Tools ie /srv/www/html/Tools/tool1/tool1.php /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php included in these sub directories are tool testing pages (toolname-test.php) and other includes. As long as the file that is including other files is in the same directory as the files it is including, it works just fine. My user tools each have their own subdirectories off the webserver root /srv/www/html/ ie /srv/www/html/library/index.php So I would think that to include my utility files into my user tools I would start the file with something like this: require /Tools/tool1/tool1.php; require /Tools/tool2/tool2.php; But when I do I get: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 16 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 16 Am I missing something? Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; -- Jim Lucas Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Dan Joseph wrote: I'm pretty sure you're gonna need to include the entire path: require( /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php ); for both of your tools. So when php runs it's paths are drawn from the OS's structure and not apache's? hun. thanks! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; So in say, php.ini, I set the include path to something like: include_path = .:/php/includes:/srv/www/html Will pointing it at /srv/www/html open up any security holes? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Tyson Vanover wrote: Dan Joseph wrote: I'm pretty sure you're gonna need to include the entire path: require( /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php ); for both of your tools. So when php runs it's paths are drawn from the OS's structure and not apache's? hun. thanks! Only if apache is run chroot'ed -- Jim Lucas Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Tyson Vanover wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; So in say, php.ini, I set the include path to something like: include_path = .:/php/includes:/srv/www/html Will pointing it at /srv/www/html open up any security holes? None that I am aware of. Doing it in the php.ini file will make it available to any host that you have that uses php. Just be aware of that fact. -- Jim Lucas Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Tyson Vanover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Joseph wrote: I'm pretty sure you're gonna need to include the entire path: require( /srv/www/html/Tools/tool2/tool2.php ); for both of your tools. So when php runs it's paths are drawn from the OS's structure and not apache's? hun. thanks! No, RTM. Files for including are first looked for in each include_path entry relative to the current working directory, and then in the directory of current script. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Jim Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tyson Vanover wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; So in say, php.ini, I set the include path to something like: include_path = .:/php/includes:/srv/www/html Will pointing it at /srv/www/html open up any security holes? None that I am aware of. Doing it in the php.ini file will make it available to any host that you have that uses php. Just be aware of that fact. -- Jim Lucas Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I agree, I wouldn't see how their would be any logically. Technically, your docroot is already accessible. Its how you secure it that matters. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. Reseller plans and Dedicated servers available. Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life.
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; Ok, I have changed my php.ini and restarted apache. My include_path is set to include_path = .:/srv/www/html but when I try from /srv/www/html/library/index.php: require '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require 'Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require '../Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; I get the error: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/srv/www/html') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 any thoughts? Am I missing something obvious? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Tyson Vanover [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; Ok, I have changed my php.ini and restarted apache. My include_path is set to include_path = .:/srv/www/html but when I try from /srv/www/html/library/index.php: require '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require 'Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require '../Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; I get the error: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/srv/www/html') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 any thoughts? Am I missing something obvious? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php It deosn't look like it updated your path. Output a phpinfo() and make sure you have the correct php.ini. web servers tend to have more than one laying around. -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. Reseller plans and Dedicated servers available. Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life.
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Tyson Vanover wrote: Jim Lucas wrote: Their are two ways that come to mind. 1. Like Dan suggested, use the full path. 2. (I prefer this way), change your include_path setting either in your php.ini file, virtual host, .htaccess or in your script to include the base path for your web site /srv/www/html/ and then you can call them by simply removing the leading slash from your existing calls. require 'Tools/tool1/tool1.php'; require 'Tools/tool2/tool2.php'; Ok, I have changed my php.ini and restarted apache. My include_path is set to include_path = .:/srv/www/html but when I try from /srv/www/html/library/index.php: require '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require 'Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require '../Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; I get the error: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/srv/www/html') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 any thoughts? Am I missing something obvious? Possibly that apache is chroot'ed. I know you said LAMP. But which OS/etc... Sometimes you can see from the cli if httpd is rooted. run 'ps aux | grep httpd' and see if httpd says anything about chroot -- Jim Lucas Some men are born to greatness, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene V by William Shakespeare -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Dan Joseph wrote: Ok, I have changed my php.ini and restarted apache. My include_path is set to include_path = .:/srv/www/html but when I try from /srv/www/html/library/index.php: require '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require 'Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; or require '../Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php'; I get the error: require(/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/Tools/dbtools/dbtool.php' (include_path='.:/srv/www/html') /srv/www/html/lib/index.php, line 10 any thoughts? Am I missing something obvious? It deosn't look like it updated your path. Output a phpinfo() and make sure you have the correct php.ini. web servers tend to have more than one laying around. According to phpinfo() I am working with the correct php.ini (/etc/php5/php.ini). And looking in the Configuration : PHP Core section doc_root is set to /srv/www/html and include_path is set to .:/srv/www/html. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Problems with includes
Jim Lucas wrote: Possibly that apache is chroot'ed. I know you said LAMP. But which OS/etc... Sometimes you can see from the cli if httpd is rooted. run 'ps aux | grep httpd' and see if httpd says anything about chroot I don't see anything here root 1937 0.0 5.2 25600 13456 ?Ss 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd raa-web 1956 0.3 0.8 4636 2084 ?S 19:50 0:14 /usr/sbin/lighttpd -f /etc/raa/lighttpd.conf apache1987 0.0 4.2 25736 10920 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache1990 0.0 4.2 25736 10892 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache1993 0.0 4.3 25736 11048 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache1995 0.0 4.2 25736 10908 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache2003 0.0 4.2 25736 10912 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache2008 0.0 4.2 25736 10908 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache2011 0.0 4.2 25736 10864 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd apache2014 0.0 4.2 25736 10900 ?S 19:50 0:00 /usr/sbin/httpd root 2644 0.0 0.3 2908 788 tty1 R+ 20:57 0:00 grep httpd -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
