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Sub-directories and file name conflicts with URL redirects

HI,

I'm trying to create a nested page structure where the sub-directories have the same name as the parent page. This would look like this for instance:

file = /open-programmes.php
sub-folder = /open-programmes/programme-name.php

I have the URL redirects on the top level pages working fine, but as soon as I want to create another level of pages with the same name structure I run into problems.

I've also tried putting an index.php file in the sub-directory instead, but this doesn't seem to work either. When I change the sub-directory folder name to something different from the file name it works, but this defeats the purpose of the file names and paths all being the same.

Please help, I'm a novice so please speak plainly :-)

Greg
Studio Daughter

Studio Daughter 0 points

  • 6 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Create your file as:

/open-programmes/index.php

To do that in Perch, create a new page with the title "Open Programmes" and check the box that says the page will have more pages below it.
Studio Daughter

Studio Daughter 0 points

6 years ago

Thanks Drew,

I've done that, saved the pages as index.php and put them in sub-folders with the same name and altered the paths in the page details settings so that:

/open-programmes.php

is now

/open-programmes/index.php

This is now giving me a white screen. I'm changing the files manually and not through the interface. Anything else I'm missing? Would you need a diagnostic report?
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

What is in your error log?

https://solutions.grabaperch.com/development/why-am-i-getting-a-blank-page
Studio Daughter

Studio Daughter 0 points

6 years ago

PHP Error log

[08-Jul-2015 22:17:51 Europe/Berlin] PHP Warning:  include(admin/runtime.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Users/Daughter-Greg/Code/neish_v2/open-programmes/index.php on line 1
[08-Jul-2015 22:17:51 Europe/Berlin] PHP Warning:  include(): Failed opening 'admin/runtime.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.5.10/lib/php') in /Users/Daughter-Greg/Code/neish_v2/open-programmes/index.php on line 1
[08-Jul-2015 22:17:51 Europe/Berlin] PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined function perch_layout() in /Users/Daughter-Greg/Code/neish_v2/open-programmes/index.php on line 3
Rachel Andrew

Rachel Andrew 394 points
Perch Support

6 years ago

Your runtime include is incorrect, you need to update it to include the file at the correct path if you are in a subdirectory. So ../admin/runtime.php not admin/runtime.php.
Studio Daughter

Studio Daughter 0 points

6 years ago

Bingo! Thanks for the out of hours help :-)

In case it's helpful to others, I've learnt that every level deeper in the tree requires another ../ so:

../../admin/runtime.php

and so on...