rkovacic

We are using the exercises in the eCommerce book for an advanced web development course. We continually have problems with the $dbc variable throwing errors, example: "An error occurred in script '/includes/footer.html' on line 43: Undefined variable: dbc" (this error is not exclusive to the footer.html file, errors have occurred when loading other files as well) This variable is defined early on in the dynamic processes, as a global variable, in the 'mysql.inc' file. So I don't understand why other files don't recognize this variable. Any help troubleshooting is appreciated. --RK

Turns out the mysql.inc file is not in the 'includes' folder........problem solved.

I am getting similar errors when trying to connect to MYSQL (constant): An error occured in script '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/phase 1/html/index.php' on line 20: require(includes/mysql.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory When I alter the file path, I get - An error occured in script '/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/phase 1/html/index.php' on line 20: require(./includes/mysql.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory I get the same error messages whether I call the Constant, or use the actual file path. Help???

I am using the eCommerce book as a text in an Advanced Dreamweaver for eCommerce class. My students have some questions about the definitions of constants on page 58, as follows: // ************ CONSTANTS *********** // // Determine location of files and the URL of the site: define ('BASE_URI', '/path/to/dir/'); define ('BASE_URL', 'www.example.com/'); define ('PDFS_DIR', BASE_URI . 'pdfs/'); define ('MYSQL', BASE_URI . 'mysql.inc.php'); Larry, could you define exact values for file & folder paths of these constants for students using WAMP and MAMP localhost testing environments. Thanks, --RKaye