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carlosjimenez
5,504 PointsROOT_PATH . NOT WORKING
using this code require(ROOT_PATH . "inc/connect_to_db.php"); gives me errors. If I exclude the "ROOT_PATH" it works just fine.
The error I get is: Use of undefined constant ROOT_PATH - assumed 'ROOT_PATH' in C:\wamp\www\startup\version1\inc\suggestions.php on line 3
It looks like it is trying to require "suggestions.php", but that is not what I am instructing it to require. Or am I wrong?
2 Answers
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsI'm not that far into the php track yet but see if this link helps you:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14192210/defining-the-document-root-directory-as-the-root-path
Have you defined the ROOT_PATH constant anywhere yet?
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 PointsHello,
I'm with Jason on this one. The parsing error is telling you that you haven't defined ROOT_PATH in your file or in any files that you've included. Make sure that you have define('ROOT_PATH', 'value'); where 'value' is the location of the root. This declaration must come before using the constant in your code. Check all files that you've included in your script or the script itself and make sure that declaration has been done. This should get your code to work.
Cheers!