[PHP] Include: Warning: Failed opening

I am trying to use include statements, but am having no luck. I set the include path in php.ini to include directories of the files, I tried CHMOD 777 on both files, and I restarted the server. I can't get any include files working. I got this message: Warning: Failed opening '/common.php' for

Re: [PHP] Include: Warning: Failed opening

Warning: Failed opening '/common.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/www/htdocs/php:/www/htdocs') in /www/htdocs/php/includetest.php on line 3 Take out the forward slash in your include. '/common.php' means to look in the root directory for the file, while if you just put 'common.php' or