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wp-blog-header.php not found
Posted on 2016-08-16
I've written a PHP file that I use as a template for a WordPress page and I want to refer to some WordPress functions on the page so at the top I have:
"/nas/wp/www/bb2/" is the root of my site and I can clearly see that wp-blog-header.php is there in the root:
Yet, when the PHP file runs it throws the error:
Warning: require_once(/nas/wp/www/b
Why doesn't it see wp-blog-header.php?
I have a staging copy of the site (the site is hosted on WP Engine, where it's easy to create staging sites) and it works there! The only difference is that I included "staging" in the path to wp-blog-header.php:
Does anyone have any idea what could be going on? After half a day looking at this, I'm out of ideas.
Thanks
require_once("/nas/wp/www/bb2/wp-blog-header.php");
global $wpdb;
"/nas/wp/www/bb2/" is the root of my site and I can clearly see that wp-blog-header.php is there in the root:
Yet, when the PHP file runs it throws the error:
Warning: require_once(/nas/wp/www/b
Why doesn't it see wp-blog-header.php?
I have a staging copy of the site (the site is hosted on WP Engine, where it's easy to create staging sites) and it works there! The only difference is that I included "staging" in the path to wp-blog-header.php:
require_once("/nas/wp/www/staging/bb2/wp-blog-header.php");
global $wpdb;
Does anyone have any idea what could be going on? After half a day looking at this, I'm out of ideas.
Thanks
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The php file that has the "require()" is a bit large (750 lines) to include here but I can tell you it's a direct copy of the file in the staging version of the site - that works - except the staging copy has "staging" in the require path. I copied the staging version and then deleted "staging" from the require path to get the live version, that doesn't work.
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I didn't want to see it, I wanted to know what directory it is in. Looks to me like it should probably be just...
require_once("wp-blog-header.php");
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First of Dave might have a good point.
Also, I'd check the ownership and the permissions on the file in question.
Also, I'd check the ownership and the permissions on the file in question.
I found the problem. phpinfo() shows that the document root for the live site is
Thanks for your input. I split the points.
/nas/wp/www/sites/bb2
/nas/wp/www/bb2
require_once("/nas/wp/www/sites/bb2/wp-blog-header.php");
Thanks for your input. I split the points.
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