facing an issue while includeing a file in codeigniter

Question

i have include a file sidebar.php in view of index page but it gives me a error like these

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: include(sidebar.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory

Filename: core/Loader.php(829) : eval()'d code

Line Number: 38

and other error is these

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: include(): Failed opening 'sidebar.php' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR')

Filename: core/Loader.php(829) : eval()'d code

Line Number: 38

the file sidebar.php is in the same directory and the code is as follows:

  <div class="col-md-3 left_col">
          <div class="left_col scroll-view">


            <!-- sidebar menu -->
            <?php include 'sidebar.php'; ?>
            <!-- /sidebar menu -->
          </div>
        </div>

i am novice here so please forgive!

Possible duplicate of [PHP - Failed to open stream : No such file or directory](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36577020/php-failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory) — Vic Seedoubleyew, Oct 15 '16 at 11:56

Rejoanul Alam · Answer 1 · 2016-10-14T19:10:23.777

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Use this instead of using raw php function (assuming your sidebar.php is in same directory where you will use this)

$this->load->view('sidebar');

edited Oct 14 '16 at 19:10

answered Oct 14 '16 at 18:44

Rejoanul Alam

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these one is not working any other suggestions please! – Abhishek Joshi Oct 14 '16 at 18:56
show your `views` directory structure first with files – Rejoanul Alam Oct 14 '16 at 18:57
answer revised, try now – Rejoanul Alam Oct 14 '16 at 19:10
Can you tell me the version of CodeIgniter? – Muhammad Usman Oct 14 '16 at 19:37
It is 3.0 version of CI – Abhishek Joshi Oct 14 '16 at 20:24
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where did you put your sidebar.php file.? put it in `views` folder. Then try this answer – Kavin Smk Oct 15 '16 at 10:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 14 '16 at 20:24

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They way you including file sidebar.php should be root folder where main index.php located.

Or you should use full file path C:\xampp\htdocs\.....YOUR PROJECT FILE DIRECToRY\sidebar.php

Or You can Use FCPATH APPPATH to get the filepath

Example

if your sidebar.php is in root folder <?php include FCPATH.'sidebar.php'; ?>

if it is inside application folder use <?php include APPPATH.'sidebar.php'; ?>

answered Oct 14 '16 at 20:24

Shaiful Islam

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those must work.where is your sidebar.php file located? – Shaiful Islam Oct 14 '16 at 23:48
it is located in the same view directory where index.php page is located ! the reason i think it is happening because one of my team member actually made some changes in loader.php file and now i am facing such issues bcz he forgot where he made changes!! – Abhishek Joshi Oct 14 '16 at 23:51
no. include is php basic function.it does include.check the spelling and case sensitive. – Shaiful Islam Oct 14 '16 at 23:53
There is a troubleshooting g checklist for this kind of mistakes : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36577020/php-failed-to-open-stream-no-such-file-or-directory – Vic Seedoubleyew Oct 15 '16 at 11:56
some thing I said in the answer.I think u did not understand the answer. – Shaiful Islam Oct 15 '16 at 13:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 16 '16 at 01:22

Load your sidebar in your controller

public function sources()
{
$this->load->view("pages/header/head", $data);
$this->load->view("pages/sidebar"
$this->load->view("admin/main");
$this->load->view("pages/footer/footer");
}

Of course adapted to your code

facing an issue while includeing a file in codeigniter

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