PHP site runs on linux but not on windows

Question

I developed a website that runs perfectly on Linux, but when I try to run it on the Windows production server, the php script doesn't work. Everything that's in the code after this line doesn't do anything:

require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'returner.php';

I thought that the proble could be related to the paths of the files, so I modified the code to use DIR and DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR to avoid any kind of problems with the paths. I tested if the path was working using file_exists and the file was located, but my code still does nothing when I try to run it on the Windows server.

/index.php includes /lib/returner.php

/lib/returner.php includes /lib/login.php

Code:

index.php:

...
div class="container" role="main">
    <?php
        require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'lib' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'returner.php';
        echo '<div class="page-header">';
        echo '<h1>' . returnSede() . '</h1>';
        ...

returner.php:

...
<?php
    require_once __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'login.php';
    $sede = $_POST['selectSede'];
...

@Eugen php will translate them if needed. I typically just use `/` and it works fine.. Also, OP is using the pre-defined constant DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR which should account for that. — Jonathan Kuhn, Dec 30 '14 at 18:27

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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It seems like your code should work.

Just in case, this answer on Stack Overflow might shed some light. I'll kind of summarize:

If you're only worried about Unix-based or Windows, hard coding the path with forward slashes ("C:/test.txt") will work.

There can be discrepancies due to what type of quote you use:

for instance, "\123" translates to "Q"
Windows requires "C:\\test.txt" or 'C:\test.txt' or "C:/test.txt"

Another answer on the same question suggests doing something like this:

define('DS','/');
define('BASE_ROOT',str_replace('\\',DS,dirname(__FILE__)));
require_once BASE_ROOT . DS . 'includes' . DS . 'init.php';

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Dec 30 '14 at 18:33

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using \__DIR__ has the same result than using dirname(\_\_FILE__) and my code isn't using any normal or backslashes, I'm using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR to avoid having a mess with / and \ depending on the platform. – efredz Dec 30 '14 at 19:58
From the documentation linked in those other answers, it seems that using DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR can have problems. The only counter-example I've read, however, was when using double quotes and DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR which can result in an unescaped backslash in double quotes which can give unexpected results. I'm curious to see what the actually fix for your situation is. – Joseph Hansen Dec 30 '14 at 21:58

PHP site runs on linux but not on windows

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