Question

This is engine.php (works fine):

<?php
include ('settings/server_settings.php');  
include ('settings/tables.php');  
?>

Now i create settings.php in the same folder, and with the same content as engine.php, and then i include this file to engine.php, so i get this:

engine.php:

<?php 
include ('settings.php');  
?>

settings.php:

<?php
include ('settings/server_settings.php');  
include ('settings/tables.php');  
?>

And now i dont get any errors (but a random empty(!) line on the top of the page) and i cant use the functions, etc from server_settings.php and tables.php. It seems it fails to include, BUT there are no error message. (In other cases i get error message [misspelling the location, etc])

Whats wrong ?

Answer 1

Try changing engine.php to

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 'On');
error_reporting(E_ALL);

require_once 'settings.php';

Check your files for a Byte Order Mark at the top of the file. Some editors (like DreamWeaver) will hide these.