Require_once not working in PHP script

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I am making a wordpress plugin and I am having a little issue with this paragraph of code. For some reason

echo "<table style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Total Submission Sites</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Server Status</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Plugin Version</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Latest Update</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'> <?php require_once('http://wert.in/pluginfiles/files/v101/v101.php') ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>";

Is allow_url_fopen enabled? Normally it's not so you can't include/require remote files (which is a hideous security hole) — Marc B
– Marc B, Commented Feb 3, 2011 at 14:05

David Houde · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 14:08:05Z

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Don't put the require into the echo, or it will just display the text and not parse the function. You need to end the echo with a "; then the require, and then output again. Or you can use echo "something" . require(blah) . "end"; but I didn't use this for simplicities sake. Also, the require uses a local path/file not remote. This is the equivelent of trying to open a URL in Notepad on your computer, when its looking for something on your hard drive instead.

// start the echo
echo "<table style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Total Submission Sites</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Server Status</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Plugin Version</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Latest Update</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>";

// Still using php, dont need the opening tag. 
require_once('http://wert.in/pluginfiles/files/v101/v101.php');

// Finish the echo
echo "</td>
  </tr>
</table>";

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 14:08

David Houde

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David Houde Over a year ago

Didn't even catch that the URL is external. This may cause a problem, like noted in the initial comment above. require_once looks for a local file, i.e: /pluginfiles/files/v101/v101.php not a URL.

Yoram de Langen · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-03 14:09:36Z

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why echo a whole string and not without and only <?php require_once( [.....] ); ?>

<table style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Total Submission Sites</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Server Status</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Plugin Version</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>Latest Update</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'>test</td>
    <td style='border:solid 1px #000000;'><?php require_once('./pluginfiles/files/v101/v101.php') ?></td>
  </tr>
</table>

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 14:09

Yoram de Langen

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David Houde Over a year ago

Just make sure that if this is just a chuck of a larger file using PHP, you need to use a php end tag, and opening tag again before and after. i.e: ?>TrickerAnswerHere<?php

Yoram de Langen Over a year ago

He is tellin he is using Wordpress, and in that case i would use it like this. Because Wordpress is using it in this way. But if there is MORE PHP then HTML then i should do it with a echo

Shaquille Ray Over a year ago

Thanks tricker this worked perfectly as well as with the repsonse with david :)

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