Problems using a php include file with an Add-on Domain.

Question

Hello,
I am having an issue getting a php include file to work with a new add-on domain I am working on getting up and running.
This include file is one that supplies the rest of the php code to a contact form page.  It works as it should for my original domain, same file no difference.  I made sure that the files hosted on the remote server had all read, write, execute permissions turned on.
I have tried putting the include file in several different locations as a test, such as:
I don't remember the exact name of the include file at the moment, as I'm at work so I will designate it below as 'includefile.php'.
file path for add-on domain - ../public_html/lorentzpainting/includes/includefile.php
alternatives I tried moving the file to - ../public_html/lorentzpainting/includefile.php
When none of those options worked, I tried just pointing the path towards other places on the server that have the include file such as:
../public_html/includes/includefile.php
../public_html/includefile.php
What can I do here?  Should I just give up on using the include and put all the code back in the page?  Doesn't seem like it should be this complicated, it works perfectly fine for my other site.. and still does.
Thanks ahead of time to those who may assist me.

Answer 1

here is the contents of the include file:
<?php
if (isset($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) && strpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],
'.inc.php')) exit;
// remove escape characters from POST array
if (PHP_VERSION < 6 && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
  function stripslashes_deep($value) {
    $value = is_array($value) ? array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) : stripslashes($value);
    return $value;
  $_POST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_POST);
  // assume that there is nothing suspect
    $suspect = false;
    // create a pattern to locate suspect phrases
    $pattern = '/Content-Type:|Bcc:|Cc:/i';
      // function to check for suspect phrases
  function isSuspect($val, $pattern, &$suspect) {
    // if the variable is an array, loop through each element
    // and pass it recursively back to the same function
    if (is_array($val)) {
      foreach ($val as $item) {
        isSuspect($item, $pattern, $suspect);
    else {
      // if one of the suspect phrases is found, set Boolean to true
      if (preg_match($pattern, $val)) {
        $suspect = true;
//check the $_POST array and any subarrays for suspect content
isSuspect($_POST, $pattern, $suspect);
    if (!empty($_POST['url'])) {
        $suspect = true;
    if ($suspect) {
        $mailSent = false;
        unset($missing);
    } else {
    //process the $_POST variables
    foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
        // assign to temporary variable and strip whitespace if not an array
        $temp = is_array($value) ? $value : trim($value);
        // if empty and required, add to $missing array
        if (empty($temp) && in_array($key, $required)) {
            array_push($missing, $key);
        } elseif (in_array($key, $expected)) {
            // otherwise, assign to a variable of the same name as $key
            ${$key} = $temp;
    //validate the email address
    if (!empty($email)) {
        // regex to identify illegal characters in email address
$checkEmail = '/^[^@]+@[^\s\r\n\'";,@%]+$/';
//reject the email address if it doesn't match
if (!preg_match($checkEmail, $email)) {
    $suspect = true;
    $mailSent = false;
    unset($missing);
//go ahead only if all required fields OK
    if (!$suspect && empty($missing)) {
//initialize the $message variable
        $message = '';
// loop through the $expected array
        foreach($expected as $item) {
// assign the value of the current item to $val
            if (isset(${$item}) && !empty(${$item})) {
                $val = ${$item};
            } else {
// if it has no value, assign 'Not selected'
                $val = 'Not selected';
// if an array, expand as comma-sparated string
            if (is_array($val)) {
                $val = implode(',', $val);
// add label and value to the message body
  $message .= ucfirst($item).": $val\r\n\r\n";
//limit line length to 70 characters
    $message = wordwrap($message, 70);
//create Reply-To header
    if (!empty($email)) {
        $headers .= "\r\nReply-To: $email";
// send it
    $mailSent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    if ($mailSent) {
// $missing is no longer needed if the email is sent, so unset it
        unset($missing); echo('Thank you for contacting Common Wealth Web Solutions');
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>