[thelist] Trouble with PHP Include

[Anthony Baratta]

On 2/14/2014 7:59 PM, Santilal Parbhu wrote:
> I am having all sorts of trouble with a PHP include.  I have previously had
> this script working on a hosted server, but for some reason I can't get it
> to work on my Windows XAMPP server.  I have a script with the following:
> <snip>
>
> The calling script is at htdocs\gameon\regions\selectsport.php and the
> called script is at htdocs\gameon\functions\commonparameters.php.  By
> observing the variable $_SESSION['TESTPOINT'] I can see that the calling
> script is running, but it appears that the called script is not running.  I
> thought I had the path correct, but I can't see why else the called script
> does not run.  I hope I have given enough information.

FWIW:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12338115/xampp-not-working-with-php-includes

|include dirname(__FILE__)  .  "/includes/styles.php";|


or
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8045172/how-to-configure-xampp-for-php-to-include-files

|// PHP >= 5.3
include_once __DIR__.  '/../classes/authorizationUtils.php';

// PHP < 5.3
include_once dirname(__FILE__)  .  '/../classes/authorizationUtils.php';|

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Anthony Baratta

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