For a while I've been testing projects on a server and then uploading it to the correct folders. Recently I decided to try using XAMPP for increased security and less hassle when testing; so I installed it, imported the database and copied the files to the htdocs folder.

Includes and requires seem to be working fine, but the one instance where it fails is when I try to access a parent folder, i.e. require "../file.php";. I tried playing around a bit with the include_path variable in php.ini, but nothing seems to be working.

• I'm using Windows 10
• XAMPP's version is 3.2.2

Any idea on what could be causing this, and how to fix it?

Many thanks in advance.

Edit:

The file structure goes like this:

folderA/folderB/folderC

What I try to do is...

1. Have a file (fileA) in folderA that includes a file (fileC) in folderC
2. The file (fileC) in folderC includes a file (fileB) in folderB

Where apache seems to fail is when including fileB from fileC.

The code is as follows:

in fileA.php: include "folderB/folderC/fileC.php";

in fileC.php: require "../fileB.php";

My include_path currently looks like this: include_path= ".;D:\xampp\htdocs\"