Relative path not working in specific file but works with absolute path - PHP

Asked Aug 26 '23 at 04:00

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I'm a newbie in PHP. My project is stored in the folder called 'Remember'. I want to include database.php into the home.php

Remember/app/database/database.php
Remember/app/logged/home.php

In the home.php file I have this code

require_once('../database/database.php');

Warning: require_once(../database/database.php): Failed to open stream: No such file or directory in E:\allProject\CS50\final_project\Remember\app\logged\home.php on line 12

But if I'm using absolute path, it will work

require_once("E:/allProject/CS50/final_project/Remember/app/database/database.php");

I wonder why this happen because before this code, there are no problems about the file path

asked Aug 26 '23 at 04:00

Andrew530

That's exactly how it works and why you should always use absolute paths – Your Common Sense Aug 26 '23 at 04:11
Make sure the `include_path` setting in php.ini contains `.`, which means the directory containing the script. – Barmar Aug 26 '23 at 04:15
No, DON'T use any include_path. Just always use absolute path built from document root – Your Common Sense Aug 26 '23 at 04:17
As to why, are you calling home.php directly or include it in another file? – Your Common Sense Aug 26 '23 at 04:24
yeah, I'm calling home.php in another file. – Andrew530 Aug 26 '23 at 04:49
I wonder why it doesn't work, since in my code using like `include("../../app/logged/home.php");` doesn't cause any problem – Andrew530 Aug 26 '23 at 04:51
relative paths **always** cause problems. Because they are relative. always use only absolute paths, even *relative* to current file. https://phpdelusions.net/articles/paths – Your Common Sense Aug 26 '23 at 05:00

Relative path not working in specific file but works with absolute path - PHP

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