Title: include php script from file
Last modified: August 20, 2016
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# include php script from file
* Resolved [Cubeloop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cubeloop/)
* (@cubeloop)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/)
* Hi,
I’m a newbie with both WP and PHP and need your help. I’m setting up a blog
which will use rendered images with the use of a php file. I have downloaded
the script from here [http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php](http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php)
which is under GNU licence (free to use) I have uploaded the files into /wp-content/
themes/twentyeleven/vcube/ I have the “Allow PHP in posts and pages” plugin installed
and trying to run the script with
* ```
[php debug=1]
include ('/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3');
[/php]
```
* What am I doing wrong here?
I get the following errors
* ```
Warning: include(/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php(50) : eval()'d code on line 2
Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/share/pear') in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php(50) : eval()'d code on line 2
Notice: Undefined variable: res in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php on line 52
```
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* [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
* (@adeptris)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319424)
* First rather than changing the default theme use a [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
as your changes will be lost if The next WordPress upgrade included the theme,
as the upgrade [deletes the files and re-writes them](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting?#Why_did_I_lose_custom_changes_to_the_WordPress_Default_Theme_during_the_last_automatic_upgrade.3F).
* Once you have that sorted then You need the full path!
* `get_stylesheet_directory_uri()` will find the url for the theme.
* ```
[php debug=0]
include_once(get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .'/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3');
[/php]
```
* Thread Starter [Cubeloop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cubeloop/)
* (@cubeloop)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319445)
* Hi,
I created a child theme in /wp-content/themes/vcube I created the style.
css file to contain
* ```
/*
Theme Name: Twenty Eleven Child
Theme URI: http: //example.com/
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Eleven theme
Author: Your name here
Author URI: http: //example.com/about/
Template: twentyeleven
Version: 0.1.0
*/
@import url("../twentyeleven/style.css");
```
* It messes with the parent style (as stated in the child theme link you gave,
but I thought as long as I did’nt add anything to the child the parent should
still be valid via the [@import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/import/)
url tag. Now the logo is gone for instance…
* Anyway,
I use the code you gave me
* ```
[php debug=0]
include_once(get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .'/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3');
[/php]
```
* But I now get these errors
* ```
Warning: include_once() [function.include-once]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php(50) : eval()'d code on line 2
Warning: include_once(http://cubeloop.com/wp-content/themes/vcube/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php(50) : eval()'d code on line 2
Warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening 'http://cubeloop.com/wp-content/themes/vcube/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/share/pear') in /home/c/cubeloop/cubeloop/cubeloop.com/www/wp-content/plugins/allow-php-in-posts-and-pages/allowphp.php(50) : eval()'d code on line 2
```
* It makes no sense to me
* /Dennis
* [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
* (@adeptris)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319555)
* If you want to include the script then do it in the child themes functions.php
and not in a page or post, includes are ok in the **functions.php**.
* ```
function get_visualcube() {
if( is_singular() ) {
include_once(get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .'/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3');
}
}
```
* In the page call the function?
* ```
[php debug=0]
get_visualcube();
[/php]
```
* HTH
* David
* Thread Starter [Cubeloop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cubeloop/)
* (@cubeloop)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319569)
* Hi David,
I’m at work and don’t have access to upload the file to the server
right now. I will check it later tonight.
* BUT, I don’t think it will work since the arguments passed to the visualcube.
php will change for every image I create
For instance a 3d view of the rubiks
cube with the moves RUR’ (*) applied to it will look like [http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&alg=RUR’](http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&alg=RUR’);
a top view of the cube were you have to orient the 4 corners and permute the
for edges will look like [http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RUR’U’R’U2RUR’UR2U2R’y2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3](http://cube.crider.co.uk/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size=200&view=plan&case=RUR’U’R’U2RUR’UR2U2R’y2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3)
* I also think I will have problems with the single quote (‘) in the parameters
above, but I think that \’ will do the trick?
* The reason is that I want the script to generate different cases for me as .png
or .gif instead of spending lot of time photoshop’ing
* * It’s rubiks cube notation where R is the right face and U is the upper face.
R is clockwise, R’ is counterclockwise
* Thread Starter [Cubeloop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cubeloop/)
* (@cubeloop)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319636)
* Hi,
the only thing that happens is that function get_visualcube() { if( is_singular()){
include_once(get_stylesheet_directory_uri() .’/vcube/visualcube.php?fmt=gif&size
=200&view=plan&case=RURURU2RURUR2U2Ry2&arw=U1U5,U5U1,U3U7,U7U3′); } } is output
on the top of the screen
* /Dennis
* [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
* (@adeptris)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319648)
* It requires database tables and a connebt for the visualcube, not sure if it
is for WordPress.
* I created a test function and passed in arguments, but it is looking for a database
connection in the visualcube file.
* I added the localhost database connections then got table errors, so it looks
like you will need to do some more digging!
* Here is my code for functions.php
* _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code).
Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/)]_
* HTH
* David
* [Digital Raindrops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeptris/)
* (@adeptris)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319649)
* HaHa!
After all that someone has already turned it into a wordpress plugin!
* [http://www.vanderblonk.com/tools/wordpress-rubik-plugin/](http://www.vanderblonk.com/tools/wordpress-rubik-plugin/)
* If that works, please mark this one resolved!
* HTH
* David
* Thread Starter [Cubeloop](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cubeloop/)
* (@cubeloop)
* [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-php-script-from-file/#post-2319698)
* Hi David,
figured it out! 🙂
* I thought like this, the .php file creats an image. Then I inserted the file
and parameters within the ![]()
tag. like
`
`
* I also moved the file outside WP and deleted the child theme. In the visualcube.
php file I noticed that it calls for image caching (mysql requests), but since
my site will not generate many hits (…) I modified the value $ENABLE_CACHE to
false. Now it works like a charm.
* I also did try the vanderblonk plugin. It work out of the box! It has not as
many options like the other one. I will have to dig deeper of which is best suited
for me. There is also a third option [http://software.rubikscube.info/icube/](http://software.rubikscube.info/icube/)
which I have not tried yet
* Thanks for all the help and effort you have given me, truly appriciated
* /Dennis
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