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PHP PHP Basics PHP on the Web Combining Multiple Files with Includes

Posted by Nicholas Pena
Nicholas Pena
933 Points

Hello I'm at the portion of the video to include the units.php file and I'm not able to get it to show. (I did save)

<section class="main"> <h1>My First PHP Page</h1>

      <h2>Unit Conversion</h2>
<?php include 'inc/units.php';?>
      <hr />

      <h2>Daily Exercise</h2>
    </section>

https://w.trhou.se/tqjibmk46h

If someone could tell me where I went wrong I'd appreciate it.

3 Answers

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

You need to spell the directory correctly - it is case sensitive.

Cameron James
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Cameron James
PHP Development Techdegree Student 4,535 Points
Cameron James
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Cameron James
PHP Development Techdegree Student 4,535 Points

I'm having the same issue.

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

The code above has a lower case "i" for the Inc directory and in that workspace (follow that link) the folder has an uppercase "I" - if you fork the workspace and change the code to an upper case "I" it works as expected. (or rename the directory)

<?php include 'Inc/units.php';?>
christopher foley
christopher foley
582 Points
christopher foley
christopher foley
582 Points

I had a problem with this, hopefully this helps anyone else who made my same mistake.

When I created the inc folder I put all the extra files in the inc folder, including the index.php file. You should leave the index.php file in the main directory (outside any folder), and put all the rest of the files from the main directory (exercise.php, hello.php, numbers.php, strings.php, units.php) into the inc folder, then after that it will work properly.

Hope this helps anyone who had the same issue.