Title: Custom post types problem and "fatal error: require_once() " message Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Custom post types problem and "fatal error: require_once() " message * [gombroo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gombroo/) * (@gombroo) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/) * Hello, * I’ve registered some custom post types in my child theme. They are included in the directory: libs/posttypes.php and looks like this: * ``` array( 'name' => 'Ogłoszenia', 'singular_name' => 'Ogloszenie', 'all_items' => 'Wszystkie ogłoszenia', 'add_new' => 'Dodaj nowe ogłoszenie', 'add_new_item' => 'Dodaj nowe ogłoszenie', 'edit_item' => 'Edytuj ogłoszenie', 'new_item' => 'Nowe ogłoszenie', 'view_item' => 'Zobacz ogłoszenie', 'search_items' => 'Szukaj w ogłoszeniach', 'not_found' => 'Nie znaleziono żadnych ogłoszeń', 'not_found_in_trash' => 'Nie znaleziono żadnych ogłoszeń w koszu', 'parent_item_colon' => '' ), 'public' => true, 'publicly_queryable' => true, 'show_ui' => true, 'query_var' => true, 'rewrite' => true, 'capability_type' => 'post', 'hierarchical' => false, 'menu_position' => 5, 'supports' => array( 'title','editor','author','thumbnail','excerpt','comments','custom-fields' ), 'has_archive' => true ); register_post_type('announcements', $announcements_args); } ?> ``` * I added a function to funcions.php file located in my child theme directory to make it work: * require_once MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR.’libs/posttypes.php’; * But as a result I got an error message: * `Warning: require_once(/home/marszand/domains/mamepro.org/public_html/wp-content/ themes/path/libs/posttypes.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/marszand/domains/mamepro.org/public_html/wp- content/themes/mamepro/functions.php on line 11` * Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/ marszand/domains/mamepro.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/path/libs/posttypes. php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/php/p53/lib/php’) in /home/marszand/domains/ mamepro.org/public_html/wp-content/themes/mamepro/functions.php on line 11 * I wonder why wordpress can’t find posttypes.php and funcions.php files. If you can help me I’d be grateful! * Thanks in advance! Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/) * (@paulwp) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882585) * Reading from the error message, this `MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR` doesn’t point to your child theme’s directory(folder). It’s pointing to parent theme’s directory and couldn’t find such file. * Thread Starter [gombroo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gombroo/) * (@gombroo) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882612) * Thanks! I could noticed it so far. * The problem is: how can I change it? Which parent file I should edit and which function should I use? * I’m a complete beginner in php, so any advice will be helpful! * [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/) * (@paulwp) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882626) * None of the parent theme files should be edited at all. Everything goes in child theme. * get_stylesheet_directory() [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_stylesheet_directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_stylesheet_directory) * ``` require( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/libs/posttypes.php' ); ``` * That is in your child theme’s setup function, and you have `posttypes.php` inside child folder like this `mamepro/libs/posttypes.php` * Thread Starter [gombroo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gombroo/) * (@gombroo) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882738) * My child-theme functions.php which causes this error looks like this: * ``` if(!defined('MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR')) { define('MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR',get_theme_root().'/'.get_template().'/'); } if(!defined('MAMEPRO_THEME_URL')) { define('MAMEPRO_THEME_URL',WP_CONTENT_URL.'/themes/'.get_template().'/'); } require_once MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR.'libs/posttypes.php'; ``` * I tried to replace this: * > require_once MAMEPRO_THEME_DIR.’libs/posttypes.php’; * with this: * > require( get_stylesheet_directory() . ‘/libs/posttypes.php’ ); * but still I got some syntax error. * [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/) * (@paulwp) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882747) * > but still I got some syntax error. * “some” or “same” ? and what the error message is saying ? * Theme Author [Sami Keijonen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samikeijonen/) * (@samikeijonen) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882751) * Before you go on, you should not register your custom post type in a theme. It belongs in a custom plugin because you’re not gonna use Path theme forever. * You can make your custom plugin with this. * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/pluginception/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/pluginception/) * Or if you want to learn more about how to make a plugin, I’d start with this. * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin](https://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin) * Thread Starter [gombroo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gombroo/) * (@gombroo) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882831) * @paulwpxp this error says: * > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/marszand/domains/mamepro. > org/public_html/wp-content/themes/mamepro/libs/posttypes.php on line 114 * Nothing changes when I try to remove or put this bracket in another place. * The whole posttypes.php looks like this: * ``` ``` * [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/) * (@paulwp) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882832) * Now the error is not about pointing to the wrong folder/file. It’s now the syntax error in `posttypes.php`. So please check it there. * The code you posted above should NOT be from `posttypes.php`, it should be from` functions.php`. Also, since now we are using `get_stylesheet_directory()` to get to that file, so there is no need to define those constants, unless you need to call them somewhere else. * Theme Author [Sami Keijonen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samikeijonen/) * (@samikeijonen) * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-types-problem-2/#post-3882834) * Register Code should be in a plugin. 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