Can't find include_path from browser but works in Terminal

Question

I am new to server admin and PHP so my apologies. This one really has me stuck. I rebooted the EC2 server but still no luck.

PHP File

<?php
require_once "System.php";
var_dump(class_exists('System', false));
?>

Terminal (It Works)

[ec2-user@domU-12-31-39-10-26-22 current]$ php phpcheck.php
bool(true)

Browser - it doesn't find the file

Warning: require_once(System.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /etc/httpd/opt/app/current/phpcheck.php on line 2 Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required 'System.php' (include_path='.:/home/ec2-user/pear/share/pear') in /etc/httpd/opt/app/current/phpcheck.php on line 2

Answer 1

When I typically have these problems, I simply add this:

require_once(dirname(__FILE__) . '/System.php');

That way you get a full path to the file.

However, your include_path looks a little wonky. -kc