Question

I have a PHP script that includes another file in an adjacent directory.

Example code:

include("../lib/file.php");

The code works fine when you access the page running it from a browser but fails (on the mentioned include() line) if I run it from a terminal or cron.

I get a warning that says “No such file or directory in /path/to/file.php” and as a result the class I try to call from that file doesn’t exist, which leads to a fatal error.

What would cause this to work from a browser but fail from terminal.

Answer 1

Always always always use absolute paths with include:

 include(dirname(__FILE__) . "/../lib/file.php");