Fatal error: require_once():

Question

I'm getting the following error:

Warning: require_once(D:/xampp/htdocs/inc/head.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in D:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce1\index.php on line 3

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'D:/xampp/htdocs/inc/head.php' (include_path='.;D:\xampp\php\PEAR') in D:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce1\index.php on line 3

I have the following code : located in D:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce1 Index.php

<!--head-->
<?php $title="Gamer"?>
<?php require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. '/inc/head.php';?>
<?php require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. '/inc/menu.php';?>
<!--body of the page-->
<!--footer of the page-->
<?php require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. '/inc/footer.php';?>
`

This is the head.php which is located in D:\xampp\htdocs\ecommerce1\inc

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title><?php print $title ?> </title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/style.css">
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/jquery/jquery-1.12.3.min.js"></script>

</head>
<body>

Sorry i'm kinda new to php - where i should paste this code cause it doesn't do nothing — JOHNNY T, Apr 22 '16 at 06:43
Actually you need to do either ` and so on for others` OR ` and so on for others` — Alive to die - Anant, Apr 22 '16 at 06:45
Possible duplicate of [Failed to open stream : No such file or directory](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36577020/failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory) — Vic Seedoubleyew, Apr 27 '16 at 12:01

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:46

Unless you explicitly change the DocumentRoot setting in Apache's httpd.conf, the Document Root is by default in D:/xampp/htdocs .

So you need to call:

<?php require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. 'ecommerce1/inc/head.php';?>

instead of

<?php require_once $_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]. '/inc/head.php';?>

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:43

2

Do this in your index.php.

<?php $title="Gamer"?>
<?php require_once 'inc/head.php';?>
<?php require_once 'inc/menu.php';?>
<!--body of the page-->
<!--footer of the page-->
<?php require_once 'inc/footer.php';?>

Hope this helps.

answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:43

Mubashar Abbas

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PLEASE ADD WHY YOU DID THAT. SOME REASONS WILL BE MORE GOOD. – Alive to die - Anant Apr 22 '16 at 06:47

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 06:59

There are two methods to include files in php

Method 1: include()

<?php $title= "Gamer"; ?>
<?php include('inc/head.php');?>
<?php include('inc/menu.php');?>
<!--body of the page-->
<!--footer of the page-->
<?php include('inc/footer.php');?>

Method 2: require_once()

<?php $title= "Gamer"; ?>
<?php require_once('inc/head.php');?>
<?php require_once('inc/menu.php');?>
<!--body of the page-->
<!--footer of the page-->
<?php require_once('inc/footer.php');?>

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 22 '16 at 07:48

As a beginner you should know when to use include() and when to use require().

In your case, use include() instead of require_once().

The reason behind this is that if the require_once() fails to load a file, then the script execution would stop right there. If you use include() it would just throw an error and would continue execution.

So, when to use require_once() over include()?

Use require_once() when including PHP(or important server-side) scripts and include() when including template-like files.

Take a look at this example:

<?php include_once('inc/head.php');?>
<?php include_once('inc/menu.php');?>

<!--if including a script-->
<?php require_once('inc/footer.php');?>

Note: It's good practice to use brackets and treat those functions like functions.

Fatal error: require_once():

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