PHP include path error

Question

I keep getting an error when I try to include simpletest in my include_path:

<?
set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . realpath(basename(dirname(__FILE__)) . '/../../'));

include 'simpletest/autorun.php';

returns:

.:/usr/lib/php:/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php
Warning: require_once(/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/arguments.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/reporter.php on line 13

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/arguments.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php') in /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest/reporter.php on line 13

Anyone ever figure out how to solve this? SimpleTest doesn't appear to work without the arguments.php file. I downloaded and substituted in the one from the PHP4 version of SimpleTest, but it is not a compatible replacement for the missing file. — Pythovore
– Pythovore, Commented Feb 17, 2011 at 21:03
I downloaded version 1.0.1 and it work OK, it contains a lot of deprecation warnings but you can use it. — kristian nissen
– kristian nissen, Commented Feb 18, 2011 at 12:20

RobertPitt · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-02 20:32:57Z

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personally your view pages are the first executed, such as index.php and view pages should always be in the root of your html.

so within index.php you can do:

define("BASE_PATH",str_replace("\\","/",dirname(__FILE__)));

so now BASE_PATH would be equal to: /Users/kristiannissen/Documents/php/simpletest

So if you want to phpdirectory in your include path you should use dirname() to go UP a directory:

//Get an array of your include paths
$include_parts = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR,get_include_path());

//Extend the paths
$include_parts[] = dirname(dirname(BASE_PATH)); //this is ../../

//recompile the paths and set them
set_include_path(implode(PATH_SEPARATOR,$include_parts));

this is the safe way to accomplish what your trying to do.

answered Dec 2, 2010 at 20:32

RobertPitt

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kristian nissen Over a year ago

After having spent more time on this I found out that it wasn't my include path that was the problem but simpletest. It looks as if arguments.php is missing from the folder, I tried to download it again but it's not there.

Fredrik Liljegren · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-01 04:56:56Z

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There is an alpha2-release on sourceforge that has the arguments.php-require commented out. I guess it isn't needed anymore.

answered Apr 1, 2011 at 4:56

Fredrik Liljegren

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