Re: strange include path error

brian wrote: > PHP 5.1.4 on Fedora 2 > > I recieved a note from a client about a problem with their site today. > Looking at the error log, i found that the DB connection script that's > included into any other that needs it was throwing an error because > MDB2.php couldn't be found: > > Failed opening required 'MDB2.php' > (include_path='.:/opt/www/zijn2/htdocs/includes:/usr/local/lib/php') > > What's *really* weird is that the paths listed there are > ancient--everything is in /usr/share/pear now, and the zijn2 one had > been added--then removed--when i was troubleshooting something (it seems > like a couple of years ago). > > I checked phpinfo() which shows the correct path. > > # uptime > 19:41:32 up 282 days, 16:24, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.04, 0.01 > # ls -l /usr/bin/php > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 16466469 Aug 27 2006 /usr/bin/php > > Aug 27, 2006 + 282 days gives June 5, 2007, so it looks like the server > was rebooted after upgrading. > > Unfortunately, i recieved the mail after my client split for a long > weekend, and he didn't say what script he was trying to use (the error > log only points back to the included script, not the original). But a > quick scan of the site shows no problems at all. > > I also have no .htaccess files for this particular site, and the vhost > conf checks out. Any idea what the heck just happened here? Do a grep for "set_include_path" in your client's code - I suspect you'll find it. Greg