This bug has depleted my rational thinking power over the past 64 minutes and I really don't know what I should do.
When i use the following 3 lines in an included file:
var_dump(file_exists('G:/xampp/htdocs/myproject/public_html/includes/htmlPurifierAndMarkdown.php')); //retuurns true
var_dump(__FILE__);
include '../htmlPurifierAndMarkdown.php'; //gives error
i get the following output :
boolean true
string 'G:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\public_html\includes\classes\genral.class.php' (length=71)
( ! ) Warning: include(../htmlPurifierAndMarkdown.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in G:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\public_html\includes\classes\genral.class.php on line 4
Call Stack
# Time Memory Function Location
1 0.0005 345328 {main}( ) ..\add.php:0
2 0.0036 382408 include( 'G:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\public_html\includes\classes\events.class.php' ) ..\add.php:28
3 0.0041 398024 include( 'G:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\public_html\includes\classes\standardpost.class.php' ) ..\events.class.php:2
4 0.0047 413928 include( 'G:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\public_html\includes\classes\genral.class.php' ) ..\standardpost.class.php:2
In a nutshell:
- The first line tells that the file is not a part of my imagination and it actually exists.
- The second line tells the location of my calling script, on examining the paths closely, you'll notice that the file I'm trying to include resides in the parent directory
- Include function says that file dosent exist
so am i just imagining stuff or is this some serious php bug?
Update
when i access genral.class.php
manually, no error is generated. do special rules apply when including from within an included file?
Update 2
When i set the include path to '../includes/htmlPurifierAndMarkdown.php' , which is the path relative to the main calling script, which in turn includes a script which includes genral.class.php
it works, but since this new include is relative to only one of the many calling scripts, it breaks down for the others. Do special rules apply when including a file from within an included file??