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Richard Bernstein
Asked: 2020-07-01 09:18:12 +0800 CST

Why is permission denied on this file?

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I am having a strange problem. I am trying to include a file in one of my php files that is in my /assets folder. In the php file I have the line require "/opt/docker-substantiator2/app/application/libraries/koolreport/core/autoload.php"; This line is failing and I am getting the error:

A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Compile Error

Message: require(): Failed opening required '/opt/docker-substantiator2/app/application/libraries/koolreport/core/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/opt/bitnami/php/lib/php')

Filename: assets/MyReport.php

Line Number: 4

I assumed that my phpStorm didn't have the correct permissions to access autoload.php. So then I ran the following from the CLI:

richb201@richb201-XPS-13-9370:/opt/docker-substantiator2/app/application/libraries/koolreport/core$ ls -l /opt/docker-substantiator2/app/application/libraries/koolreport/core/autoload.php
-rwxrwxrwx 1 richb201 richb201 1803 May 19 04:35 /opt/docker-substantiator2/app/application/libraries/koolreport/core/autoload.php

As you can see I (richb201) am the owner and all permissions are available. I have no idea what the include_path comment in the error is about? Any idea why I am getting this error?

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1 Answers

  1. PHP does not include just any file; just like the Linux $PATH variable for executable files, PHP maintains an include path. Only files on this path will be included, and attempts to include a file from outside that path generate an error.

    Edit your php.ini file and change the include_path parameter to what you need, e.g.:

    include_path = ".:/home/USERNAME/include_directory"

    Separate paths to directories with the : character.

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