Error Invalid file: \auth\login.php on server

[mauriceb77]

Hello,

On localhost Shield is working fine when I deployed to my Bluehost VPS I receive error "Invalid file: \auth\login.php". Log below.

CRITICAL - 2022-10-23 21:14:53 --> Invalid file: \auth\login.php
in SYSTEMPATH/Exceptions/FrameworkException.php on line 33.
 1 SYSTEMPATH/View/View.php(201): CodeIgniter\Exceptions\FrameworkException::forInvalidFile('\\auth\\login.php')
 2 SYSTEMPATH/Common.php(1142): CodeIgniter\View\View->render('\\auth\\login', [], true)
 3 VENDORPATH/codeigniter4/shield/src/Controllers/LoginController.php(34): view('\\auth\\login')
 4 SYSTEMPATH/CodeIgniter.php(907): CodeIgniter\Shield\Controllers\LoginController->loginView()
 5 SYSTEMPATH/CodeIgniter.php(457): CodeIgniter\CodeIgniter->runController(Object(CodeIgniter\Shield\Controllers\LoginController))
 6 SYSTEMPATH/CodeIgniter.php(340): CodeIgniter\CodeIgniter->handleRequest(null, Object(Config\Cache), false)
 7 FCPATH/index.php(67): CodeIgniter\CodeIgniter->run()

[kenjis]

If the case of the filename (or folder name) does not match, you get no such file error on a Unix server.

[datamweb]

@mauriceb77 Could you please tell me the contents of the file app/Config/Auth.php from line 22 to 35 and also the location of the view file (login.php) you provide?

[mauriceb77]

app/Config/Auth.php (1-35) below. I have a custom register and login view located in app\Views\auth. I checked the case on my server versus localhost and it matches.

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Config;

use CodeIgniter\Shield\Config\Auth as ShieldAuth;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Authentication\Actions\ActionInterface;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Authentication\AuthenticatorInterface;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Authentication\Authenticators\AccessTokens;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Authentication\Authenticators\Session;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Authentication\Passwords\ValidatorInterface;
use CodeIgniter\Shield\Models\UserModel;

class Auth extends ShieldAuth
{
    /**
     * ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     * AUTHENTICATION
     * ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     */
    public array $views = [
        'login'                       => '\auth\login',
        'register'                    => '\auth\register',
        'layout'                      => '\auth\layout',
        'action_email_2fa'            => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\email_2fa_show',
        'action_email_2fa_verify'     => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\email_2fa_verify',
        'action_email_2fa_email'      => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\Email\email_2fa_email',
        'action_email_activate_show'  => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\email_activate_show',
        'action_email_activate_email' => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\Email\email_activate_email',
        'magic-link-login'            => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\magic_link_form',
        'magic-link-message'          => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\magic_link_message',
        'magic-link-email'            => '\CodeIgniter\Shield\Views\Email\magic_link_email',
    ];

[datamweb]

Set as follows.

        'login'                       => '\App\Views\auth\login',
        'register'                    => '\App\Views\auth\register',
        'layout'                      => '\App\Views\auth\layout',

[mauriceb77]

That did the trick. Why is the full path not needed on my localhost?

[kenjis]

Because \ is not a directory separator on Unix server.
So if you use it, it is interpreted as Namespaced Views.

Try 'auth/login'. This should work in any environment.
See https://codeigniter4.github.io/CodeIgniter4/outgoing/views.html#storing-views-within-sub-directories