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Asked: 2026-06-16T17:43:56+00:00

The following script fails if line #6 (.include …) is uncommented – no matter

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The following script fails if line #6 (.include …) is uncommented – no matter what the content of the file “somefile.php” is. Even for a 0-byte (empty) file. I was trying to move such functions and create a “utils.php” library, is that a big no-no in the PHP world? Error_log is empty. I am using PHP 5.2.17 on Linux 2.6.32. Thank you.

<?php // File: index.php
error_reporting (E_ALL);
ini_set ('display_errors', 1);

//Uncomment the following line and the script fails
//.include "somefile.php";

function imageToBrowser ($pseudonym, $filePath) {
        header("Pragma: public");
        header("Expires: 0");
        header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate');
        header('Cache-Control: pre-check=0, post-check=0, max-age=0', false);
        header('Last-Modified: '.gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
        header("Content-Length: ".(string)(filesize($filePath)));
        header('Content-Type: application/x-download');
        header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$pseudonym.'.png"');
        header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');

        if ($file = fopen($filePath, 'rb')) {
                while(!feof($file) and (connection_status()==0)) {
                        print(fread($file, filesize($filePath)));
                        flush();
                }
                fclose($file);
}}

if (isset($_GET['showImage']) && ($imageMask = $_GET['showImage'])) {
        imageToBrowser ($imageMask, 'Clear64.png'); // Use any .png file in $cwd
} else {
        echo "<html><body><center>\n";
        echo "<img border='0' src=\"{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?showImage=365\" alt=\"Missing Image\"/>\n";
        echo "</center></body></html>";
}
?>
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  1. Editorial Team

    There should be no . before include. Dot is a concatenation operator in PHP and irrelevant here.

    Also please note that your ini_set ('display_errors', 1); statement won’t help with parse errors for obvious reasons. Better set your settings in php.ini or web-server config.

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