Question

I am trying to properly display an error document using a PHP function virtual() to users with a “not found” page if a condition is met. This is what I wrote on the script:

// if condition is met
virtual('/var/www/error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var');

Somehow, a blank page is shown and this is the warning I received:

PHP Warning: virtual(): Unable to include
‘/var/www/error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var’ – request execution failed in
/var/www/html/test on line 100

I have checked that the following are being done:

1. In php.ini, include_path = ".:/var/www/error"

2. In httpd.conf,

   <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
   <IfModule mod_include.c>
    <Directory "/var/www/error">
     Options +Includes
     AddOutputFilter Includes html
     AddHandler type-map var
     Order allow,deny
     Allow from all
    </Directory>
    ErrorDocument 404 /error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var
   </IfModule>
   </IfModule>
   

3. Apache has read access to the error folder and files.

What could be causing the warning and how to solve this problem?

Answer 1

Try removing root folder from virtual:

virtual('/error/HTTP_NOT_FOUND.html.var');