PHP Error, class not found

Question

I'm getting the following output on my page when I go to Test.php:

    longitude = $long; 
    $this->latitude = $lat; 
} 

public function getgeo(){ 
    require_once('lib/mapbox/MapBox.php'); 
    $request = new MapBox('redacted'); 
    $request = $request->reverseGeocode($this->longitude,$this->latitude); 
    $request = explode(', ',$request[0]['place_name']); 
    if(count($request)>3){ 
        array_shift($request); 
        array_splice($request,2,1); 
    }
    $return = array($request[0],$request[2]); 
} 
} 
?>

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'ReverseGeo' not found in /var/www/html/api.redacted.com/public_html/test.php:8 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /var/www/html/api.redacted.com/public_html/test.php on line 8

Test.php

<?php
require_once(__dir__ . '/classes/reversegeo.php');

$long = '-73.988909';
$lat = '40.733122';

$reversegeo = new ReverseGeo($long, $lat);
$return = $reversegeo->getgeo();

var_dump($return);

?>

classes/reversegeo.php

Class ReverseGeo{

protected $longitude;
protected $latitude;

public function __construct($long, $lat){
    $this->longitude = $long;
    $this->latitude = $lat;
}

public function getgeo(){
    require_once('lib/mapbox/MapBox.php');
    $request = new MapBox('redacted');
    $request = $request->reverseGeocode($this->longitude,$this->latitude);

    $request = explode(', ',$request[0]['place_name']);

    if(count($request)>3){
        array_shift($request);
        array_splice($request,2,1);
    }

    $return = array($request[0],$request[2]);
}
}

I've confirmed that directories are all correct, file names are correct, etc. and I'm not sure whats going on with this.

If you inspect the page, does it show the full code in the source? [See this question](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121495/php-code-is-not-being-executed-instead-code-shows-on-the-page) — Qirel, Jan 14 '17 at 01:44
so is `reversegeo.php` located on `/var/www/html/api.redacted.com/public_html/reversegeo.php` ? — CodeGodie, Jan 14 '17 at 01:59
/var/www/html/api.redacted.com/public_html/classes/reversegeo.php — Kaylined, Jan 14 '17 at 02:00
alter the require_once to just everything inside the quotes minus the first / before classes and see if that helps. (sorry put include instead of require_once) — CodingInTheUK, Jan 14 '17 at 02:05
try an include instead of a require_once include "path/to/classfile.php"; — CodingInTheUK, Jan 14 '17 at 02:09
tried include, require, and require_once. Still the same issue :/ — Kaylined, Jan 14 '17 at 02:10
have you checked the permissions of the class file? 755 or 644 should be sufficient. If thats all correct, require_once ('enter the full path'); — CodingInTheUK, Jan 14 '17 at 02:10
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/133128/discussion-between-chris-and-kaylined). — CodingInTheUK, Jan 14 '17 at 02:13

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 14 '17 at 02:28

Per our discussion in chat, as your php does not support the short opening tag you need to use the full opener. The short tag is the reason that your php source code gets sent directly to the browser and not to the php engine.

You can configure your php settings to allow the short opening tag but its not recommended for portability reasons.

<? should be changed to <?php

As a side note later versions of php no longer need the closing tag at the end of the file so that can be removed if your php supports it.

PHP Error, class not found

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