theme.inc error message

By cm1967 on 21 Mar 2009 at 16:43 UTC

Hello,

I had about 20 themes in my themes folder that I wasn't using so I decided to delete them. Once I did this, I started getting the following error:

* warning: include_once(./) [function.include-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/cm1967/cmccullough.net/www/html/includes/theme.inc on line 155.
* warning: include_once() [function.include]: Failed opening './' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cm1967/cmccullough.net/www/html/includes/theme.inc on line 155.

I went to the file themes.inc to see if I could see what could be causing this error but failed to figure it out. Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks

Comments

errors

quikone commented 21 March 2009 at 16:46

Have you tried manually running cron? If that doesn't work I would try running update.php

thanks for the reply. how

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 16:51

thanks for the reply. how would i run cron?

i ran cron and update.php and

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 16:55

i ran cron and update.php and now things are actually worse (or appear to be). i'm receiving the same error but just many more lines of the same error.

thanks for the help.

how did you uninstall the themes

quikone commented 21 March 2009 at 17:09

Did you delete the themes from your directory? I wonder if the database still reflects the themes that are not actually there. Do you know how to run webmin or better yet phpmyadmin?

hmmm.....i do know how to run

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 17:16

hmmm.....i do know how to run webmin but i don't think i can do that on my host. i'm not hosting the site on a local machine, it's on my host. i may have to email the host and ask if i'm allowed to run this.

oh, and yes, i just deleted the themes from the directory. is there a different way that i should have done this?

thanks for the help. it's really appreciated.

thankfully, i'm just in the

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 17:26

thankfully, i'm just in the beginning stages of building the site. i could, if needed, just do a reinstall. i don't want to have to do that but it's an option. screwing stuff up is all a part of learning...... :)

I'm new too

quikone commented 21 March 2009 at 18:10

I am kinda new at this as well, but a few kind people on this site have taught me a little. You could try to re-add the themes. i would see if they will let you add phpmyadmin. It is a very useful tool. Look again at the installation instructions for Drupal. I tells you how to add I would start by looking here if you go this route. Or possibly someone has an easier solution. http://hostlibrary.com/phpMyAdminInstallationTutorialcpanelsharedhosting

i tried reinstalling the

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 19:29

i tried reinstalling the themes but that didn't solve the issue. i really messed this one up. what i hate most is that i have no idea what i did that caused this.

themes

quikone commented 21 March 2009 at 20:11

Have you tried to re-install the theme that you are currently using? If not, try to switch to another theme if possible, if not I would look in to PHPMYAdmin.

What theme are you using? It

mattyoung commented 21 March 2009 at 17:33

What theme are you using? It looks like it's a derive theme and you have deleted its base parent theme. Take a look at your theme's .info file and see if it has a base parent theme and put that theme back.

okay. i'll give that a

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 17:37

okay. i'll give that a shot.

thanks!

here's the .info file on the

cm1967 commented 21 March 2009 at 17:39

here's the .info file on the theme that i am using. doesn't look like it has a base parent theme.

; $Id: a3_atlantis.info,v 1.1.2.6 2008/08/23 20:58:56 johnforsythe Exp $
name = A3 Atlantis
description = Tableless, multi-column, fixed width theme.
core = 6.x
engine = phptemplate
stylesheets[all][] = style.css
; Information added by drupal.org packaging script on 2008-08-23
version = "6.x-1.2"
core = "6.x"
project = "a3_atlantis"
datestamp = "1219526102"

actually, now that i think about it, i tried some other themes once this happened but still received the same error.

thanks.

I'm having the same problem

iex commented 13 April 2009 at 09:01

I'm having the same problem ... after running cron there are less identical errors displayed, but they still exist
still can't figure out wtf

i couldn't find the solution,

iex commented 13 April 2009 at 11:51

i couldn't find the solution, so i just deleted all tables from the databese, then deleted drupal from the host and then uploaded it and installed again. little work here is lost, but now everything works fine

Where did you store your themes?

gbrussel commented 13 April 2009 at 14:12

If you were storing them in the "themes" directory that Drupal comes packaged with, then I can see where you might have gone wrong. If you were using the "sites/all/themes" folder, then I'm stumped.

In the default "themes" folder (same directory level as "sites"), there's a handy folder called "engines", with a subfolder "phptemplate" which includes a file called "phptemplate.engine". If you mistakenly deleted this folder/file, then yes, you'd be getting the errors you're seeing. That error on line 155 is trying to load the theme engine, as so:

<?php
153.  if (isset($theme->engine)) {
154.    // Include the engine.
155.    include_once './'. $theme->owner;
156.
157.    $theme_engine = $theme->engine;
158.    if (function_exists($theme_engine .'_init')) {
159.      foreach ($base_theme as $base) {
160.        call_user_func($theme_engine .'_init', $base);
161.      }
162.      call_user_func($theme_engine .'_init', $theme);
163.    }
164.  }
?>

If it can't find the engine...whoops :)

resolved

cm1967 commented 21 April 2009 at 15:04

ha! that was the issue, gbrussel.

thanks!

I owe you big time

krisvlo commented 4 September 2009 at 13:35

Wow, this was a stressy period! I experienced the exact same problem that was explained AND resolved here. Than you very much for that!
I've learned some things trying to find a solution:

My hosting provider offer phpMyAdmin, so that's good. However it means there's another thing to go and dig deeper in. My employer and girlfriend will probably not be very happy...
I need scheduled backups, which I have now...
'cleaning up' can be dangerous if not done with care...

warning: include_once.... includes/theme.inc on line 155.

jfox77 commented 24 March 2010 at 15:47

Wow, thanks gbrussel! I had copied my site from one server to another and was getting the same type of error messages.

It turns out when I copied the site the entire "themes" directory that's supposed to be at the root was missing. I copied the directory over and cleared my cache and it worked!

Problem Solved

Ali.Ahk commented 28 April 2010 at 06:39

I solved the problem by coping engines directory to Drupal themes. After that clearing all caches and then I see problem has been fixed ...
I got this information on Drupal Persian support team

thanks. solved

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ignaciomacosta commented 1 December 2010 at 19:10

The problem appears when delete sub folder´s the theme folder, including the ENGINE folder. To fix this you need to download the drupal installer to your pc and unzip. Then, search the Theme folder and compress in zip. then, in the file manager on your site, load the .zip theme in the theme folder the web, and descompress. the theme folder be restored.
sorry for my english.

Thank you

timmay commented 13 June 2012 at 14:18

This was exactly the problem, and the fix. Really had me scratching my head. It's so nice to find a solution that simply works for once.
Thanks gbrussel!