php include not working on mamp

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The require_once statement in my code is not working on MAMP. The same code was working perfectly on WAMP earlier before I ported the project over.

require_once('class\validate_group.php');

The error I get with this is:

Warning: require_once(class\validate_group.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/validate_login.php on line 37

The phpinfo.php is showing the include path as:

.:/Applications/MAMP/htdocs

"class" is a folder inside htdocs

Strangely when I reverse the slash it starts reading the validate_group.php file. Will the reversed slashes still work in AWS where I am finally going to host this?

Simple use DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR like this require_once('class'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'validate_group.php'); — JYoThI
– JYoThI, Commented Aug 3, 2017 at 4:28

giolliano sulit · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03 04:31:02Z

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To answer your question, backslash in PHP is normally used to escape characters.

So you've escaped the \validate_group.php file in your require_once call.

You can use a pre-defined constant such as:

DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR to avoid this in future.

answered Aug 3, 2017 at 4:31

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JYoThI · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-03 04:29:38Z

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Simple use DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR like below

require_once('class'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR .'validate_group.php');

answered Aug 3, 2017 at 4:29

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