PHP mysql Xampp failed to open stream: No such file or directory

Question

I have this two files:

dbconfig.php

 <?php
 class database{
function __construct()
{
    $db_user="root";
    $db_pass="";
    try {
        $con = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=hrm', $db_user, $db_pass);
        $con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
       }
      catch(PDOException $e)
      {
            echo $e->getMessage();
        }
    }
}

and:

<?php

session_start();

 class user
  {

 private $db;

 function __construct(){

    require_once "../dbconfig.php";
     $this->db= new database();
  }

errors:

Warning: require_once(../dbconfig.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\hrm2\Class\class.user.php on line 12

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required '../dbconfig.php' (include_path='C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\hrm2\Class\class.user.php on line 12

Path's: I have dbconfig on htdocs folder and i have the class.user.php file in Class folder. Actually i don't know how can the path be wrong because phpstorm is saying that it's right because of the recommended.

Solution

Using relative paths will get you into trouble. Try using an absolute path with $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'], then dictate where the file is.

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/dbconfig.php";

If it's outside of the document root, then use this to get one level up from the document root.

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/../dbconfig.php";

Also make sure that the file has read permissions for your webserver's user.