init_templates.php error

[styledata]

My error logs (1.3.02) are FILLED with the following error:

main(): Failed opening 'includes/languages/english.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear') in /home/httpd/vhosts/photoimprints.com/httpdocs/includes/init_includes/init_templates.php on line 72

In viewing that file, I see:
// THE FOLLOWING MIGHT NEED TO BE DISABLED DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF function() DECLARATIONS IN MASTER ENGLISH.PHP FILE
// THE FOLLOWING MAY ALSO SEND NUMEROUS ERRORS IF YOU HAVE ERROR_REPORTING ENABLED, DUE TO REPETITION OF SEVERAL DEFINE STATEMENTS
include_once(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '.php');

Should it be disabled? Can anyone tell me what this is?
Thanks in advance,

[DrByte]

main(): Failed opening 'includes/languages/english.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear')

This suggests that the file cannot be located.

The code you quoted is merely what's attempting to load the file. But if it doesn't exist, or is corrupt, or has permissions set too low for access, then it will fail to load for execution.

I recommend re-uploading the file from your master working fileset.

[styledata]

I use a custom english.php file which is located in my custom template directory. Why would it be trying to pull an english.php file from the main language directory? Is that english.php file different from the one in the template directory, and what permissions should be set?
thank you!

[DrByte]

Zen Cart loads both. First your custom one, and then the master. If you deleted the master, you'll end up with this error.

It does it this way so that if you miss adding a setting to your custom language file, then the master will pick it up instead.

[styledata]

Ah! So it is not REALLY an error, in terms of function? I copied the english.php file from my custom template to the main language directory. Will that suffice?

[DrByte]

That'll work. Your best solution is to upload the original master version of english.php to the /includes/languages folder