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Nov 22.2004

[b]index.php[/b]

<html>
<?php include(“functions.php”);
page_header(); ?>
<body>
<?php echo “Hello World”; ?>
</body>
</html>

[b]functions.php[/b]

<?php

$web_title = “Test PHP Page”;

function page_header() {
global $web_title;
echo “<head>”;
echo “<title>$web_title</title>”;
echo “</head>”;
}

function page_footer() {
?>
echo “</body>”;
echo “</html>”;
}

?>

[i]I just want to know why my index.php page currently states:[/i]

Warning: main(functions.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mydomain/public_html/test/index.php on line 3

Warning: main(): Failed opening ‘functions.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/mydomain/public_html/test/index.php on line 3

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: page_header() in /home/mydomain/public_html/test/index.php on line 4

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@scragarNov 22.2004 — it cannot find your functions.php

check that the file name is case sensitive (isn't a problem on most coms but some pick up on it) and the directory.

if posible always try to include the full path to the file (e.g. /home/www/mysite.com/includes/functions.php or /home/includes/functions.php )
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@andyshepNov 23.2004 — <html>

<?php include("functions.php");

page_header(); ?>

<body>

<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

</body>

</html>


try

<html>

<?php

require "functions.php";

page_header(); ?>

<body>

<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>

</body>

</html>

ive just started using includes and this works for me.
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@scragarNov 24.2004 — require should only be used if you want the page to abort if it cannot find the include, most of the time you'll find that include is consiquently better.
[code=php]<?
require "WrongFileName.php";
echo "oops";
?>[/code]
would just write out an error, while:
[code=php]<?
include "WrongFileName.php";
echo "oops";
?>[/code]
Will still write oops onto the page, by useing this we can actualy perform some checks:
[code=php]<?
if(include "WrongFileName.php"){
echo "include worked.";
}else{
echo "oops, the include failed.";
};
?>[/code]
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@SJ_McAbneyauthorNov 24.2004 — Thanks.
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