php include header is not working

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chrisschristou 0 Posting Whiz

11 Years Ago

hello my friends i have posted this article before but it stil didn't work so so i tried many time different way but i dont see the reason why my menu is not working.
in my main page template.php here is the content

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="fr" lang="fr">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8"/>
        <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:500,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
         <script src="js/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
        <link href="header/header.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <link href="header/menuresponsive.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <link href="style/bodystyle.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0;"/>
        <script type="text/javascriipt" src="header/fonctionmenu.js"></script> 
    </head>
    <body>
<div class="site-container">
    <div class="site-pusher">
    <?php include('../header/header.php'); ?> // i also tried include("../header/header.php")
        <div class="site-content">
            <div class="container">
                <!-- site content -->
                <h1>Lorem ipsum dolor sit</h1>
                <p>n. </p>
            </div>
            <div class="sidebar1">
        <p> sidebar1 </p>
        </div>
        </div>
        <div class="site-cache" id="site-cache">
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

and here is my header.php

<?php require_once('../Connections/agdb.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
  if (PHP_VERSION < 6) {
    $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;
  }

  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

  switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;    
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? doubleval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
  }
  return $theValue;
}
}

$maxRows_principmenu = 10;
$pageNum_principmenu = 0;
if (isset($_GET['pageNum_principmenu'])) {
  $pageNum_principmenu = $_GET['pageNum_principmenu'];
}
$startRow_principmenu = $pageNum_principmenu * $maxRows_principmenu;

mysql_select_db($database_agdb, $agdb);
$query_principmenu = "SELECT * FROM apcategorie ORDER BY id ASC";
$query_limit_principmenu = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d", $query_principmenu, $startRow_principmenu, $maxRows_principmenu);
$principmenu = mysql_query($query_limit_principmenu, $agdb) or die(mysql_error());
$row_principmenu = mysql_fetch_assoc($principmenu);

if (isset($_GET['totalRows_principmenu'])) {
  $totalRows_principmenu = $_GET['totalRows_principmenu'];
} else {
  $all_principmenu = mysql_query($query_principmenu);
  $totalRows_principmenu = mysql_num_rows($all_principmenu);
}
$totalPages_principmenu = ceil($totalRows_principmenu/$maxRows_principmenu)-1;
?>
  <header class="header">
            <a href="#" class="header__icon" id="header__icon" onClick="fonctionmrnu.js"></a>
            <nav class="menu">
                <?php do { ?>
                <a href="#"><?php echo $row_principmenu['categorie']; ?></a>
                  <?php } while ($row_principmenu = mysql_fetch_assoc($principmenu)); ?>
            </nav>
        </header>
  <?php
mysql_free_result($principmenu);
?>

php

Edited 11 Years Ago by chrisschristou because: gramma mistake

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The failing include is a path-resolution issue, not magic. In PHP, relative paths inside an included file are resolved from the script originally executed (here, template.php), not from the included file’s folder. That is why header/header.php cannot find ../Connections/agdb.php. Use filesystem-absolute paths anchored to each file with DIR, as @diafol hinted, and you will be consistent no matter where the include is called from.

In template.php:

require_once __DIR__ . '/header/header.php';

Inside header/header.php:

require_once __DIR__ . '/../Connections/agdb.php';

If it still fails, surface the exact path PHP is trying to use (helps confirm typos and directory levels):

error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
var_dump(__DIR__, realpath(__DIR__ . '/../Connections/agdb.php'), file_exists(__DIR__ . '/../Connections/agdb.php'));

This avoids reliance on $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] (which can differ between web and CLI or vhosts), while keeping your includes portable, addressing ’s point.

About the original “menu not working”: even when the header includes correctly, your JS will not fire. In template.php the script tag has a typo: text/javascriipt. Drop the type attribute altogether (HTML5) or use text/javascript. In header.php the link uses onClick="fonctionmrnu.js" which calls a filename (and misspells it) rather than a function. Either bind the event in JS or call a real function, e.g.:

<a href="#" class="header__icon" id="header__icon" onclick="return toggleMenu();">

and define function toggleMenu(){ /* ... */ } in header/fonctionmenu.js. As suggested, view-source and the console will confirm these fixes.

Side note: the mysql_* API is long deprecated; plan to move to PDO or mysqli soon.

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bnmng 6 Newbie Poster

11 Years Ago

What are the full pathnames of these files?

tobyITguy 24 Junior Poster

11 Years Ago

Are the two files in the same directory? the file thats required in the header file, whats the location?

TexWiller 0 Newbie Poster

11 Years Ago

you should check if the rendered page is as you expect to be
press control-u in browser and look if the source is right

open console and also verify if there are javascript|css error
when you get the origin of the error post it

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Member #120589 · Answer 1 · 2015-06-08T00:42:47+00:00

SHow us your directory structure and location of all relevant files

OsaMasw 13 Loving Helper · Answer 2 · 2015-06-08T05:55:03+00:00

directory for all files in project to determine how to include php file.

chrisschristou 0 Posting Whiz · Answer 3 · 2015-06-09T20:38:33+00:00

these 4 code still not working there is no path error there is not error just it dont include (header.php) in the page

<?php include('../header.php'); ?>
<?php include("../header.php"); ?>
<?php include('../header/header.php'); ?>
<?php include("../header/header.php"); ?>

Member #120589 · Answer 4 · 2015-06-09T22:00:23+00:00

As I thought.

Just do:

require "header/header.php";

chrisschristou 0 Posting Whiz · Answer 5 · 2015-06-09T22:45:44+00:00

this thing is blocking me a lot, i start to thing maybe it is a magic, bad luck.
Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../Connections/agdb.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5.4') in /homepages/0/d461548742/htdocs/agedepuce.com/header/header.php on line 1
then i trye "../header/header.php"
Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '../header/header.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5.4') in /homepages/0/d461548742/htdocs/agedepuce.com/template.php on line 16

pixelsoul 272 Red Pill Featured Poster · Answer 6 · 2015-06-09T23:32:50+00:00

Rather than using relative links, you could also try using:

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/Connections/agdb.php');

in the header.php file, and

require_once($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/header/header.php');

in the template.php file.

Edit: actually, this may only work on Apache/Nginx servers, not sure if it would work on IIS.

Member #120589 · Answer 7 · 2015-06-09T23:58:33+00:00

Hmm. Absolutes and relatives can have issues. Using __DIR__ can help avoid issues, especially "include includes" type problems.

pixelsoul 272 Red Pill Featured Poster · Answer 8 · 2015-06-10T01:48:50+00:00

You're right, but __DIR__ includes the current directory of the file you call it on.
It would probably be fine if the file you're calling the include on with __DIR__ is in the root directory, but if it's in a sub directory, and the file you're including is up a level, or in another sub directory, it can be a problem.

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