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PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required

The error that I’m getting is:

[12-Mar-2016 07:34:35 America/New_York] PHP Fatal error:  require_once(): Failed opening required '/var/www/html/Test/include/DbHandler.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/html/Test/v1/index.php on line 11
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KFSys
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November 1, 2019
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Hi @benoyapple,

It looks like the following file couldn’t be found

/var/www/html/Test/include/DbHandler.php

The require_once function in PHP requires a file, if it’s not there or if by any chance it can’t actually find it, it throws and error and exits the application.

Please make sure, you are using the correct path to the file.

Regards, KDSys

KFSys
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November 1, 2019

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    Kamal Nasser
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    March 14, 2016

    Hi!

    Failed opening required ‘/var/www/html/Test/include/DbHandler.php’

    It looks like it’s not able to require() DbHandler.php. Is the path correct? Make sure that the file exists and keep in mind that it’s case-sensitive.

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