Warning: require(...): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in

Question

just moved over my laravel site to my live server and straight away faced with this error.

The complete error is:

Warning: require(/var/sites/b/beta.buildsanctuary.com/public_html/local/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/sites/b/beta.buildsanctuary.com/public_html/local/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 17

Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/var/sites/b/beta.buildsanctuary.com/public_html/local/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php') in /var/sites/b/beta.buildsanctuary.com/public_html/local/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 17

The line 17 is:

require DIR.'/../vendor/autoload.php';

Folder structure is:

beta.buildsanctuary.com
  -- public_html
  -- subdomains
    -- beta
      -- local
        -- bootstrap
        -- vendor

Any help where this is going wrong? And how to fix? Pulling my hair out trying all sorts of paths.

Thanks, Craig.

Answer 1

As you can see from the error, PHP is looking for

public_html/local/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php`

which is

public_html/local/vendor/autoload.php

That folder does not exist. I think the folder structure you posted is wrong.

Anyway, try this:

require('../vendor/autoload.php');

Answer 2

I strongly believe that a corrupted cache was the cause, I cannot be 100% sure but it seem that it is likely the culprit.

So, if anyone comes across a similar problem, I would suggest the following steps:

1. Delete the vendor folder
2. Delete composer.lock
3. Run the command composer clearcache (or clear-cache)
4. Run composer install

I hope this can help somebody.