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PHP link not working

I'm trying to require_once a file in a document; here's my current syntax: 

$path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
require_once("includes/save-email.php");
The problem is that, when I reload my page in my browser, every element disappears and I get the following two messages:

Warning: require_once(/includes/connect.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/3/[my db name]/htdocs/includes/save-email.php on line 2

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/includes/connect.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php5') in /homepages/3/[my db name]/htdocs/includes/save-email.php on line 2


I've tried every variation of the link I can think of, including ../link, ./link, /link, and link. Strangely enough, when I include an element of the layout using the same overall syntax (replacing require_once with include), that element loads without any errors, even though it's in the same directory.

I'm not sure that it matters, but my server is run by 1&1.

Solution

  • require_once(/includes/connect.php) will look for the file in the root of your server not in the current folder

    repalace 

    require_once(/includes/connect.php)

    by

    require_once(includes/connect.php)

    in save-email.php on line 2