Title: PHP Include Only Working When Logged In
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# PHP Include Only Working When Logged In

 *  [dmonaldo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmonaldo/)
 * (@dmonaldo)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-only-working-when-logged-in/)
 * I have been writing a custom PHP script that is included in the theme header.
   php file. The script simply connects to the database to return a couple rows 
   of data. It works successfully when I am logged into WordPress admin, but does
   not load at all when logged out and viewing the site as an anonymous user. I 
   cannot even get the script to return a basic `echo 'test';` unless I am logged
   in.
 * Has anyone ever seen or heard of this issue before? Any help would be appreciated
   so I can stop hitting my head against the keyboard.

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 *  [Advanced SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jole5/)
 * (@jole5)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-include-only-working-when-logged-in/#post-5236733)
 * Probably your script is wrapped inside other script which checks if user is logged
   in. Try to put your script on some other place and see how it will work.

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