Title: comments Warning: require error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# comments Warning: require error

 *  [randinicole](https://wordpress.org/support/users/randinicole/)
 * (@randinicole)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comments-warning-require-error/)
 * A friend asked for help, and I am stumped. Usually I can figure these things 
   out. On her single page post her comments template does not show.
 * this is the error message
 *     ```
       Warning: require(/home/ntirado/public_html/leaveittoweaver/wp/wp-content/themes/simplex.1.3.1/simplex) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such device in /home/ntirado/public_html/leaveittoweaver/wp/wp-includes/comment-template.php on line 666
   
       Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/ntirado/public_html/leaveittoweaver/wp/wp-content/themes/simplex.1.3.1/simplex' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/ntirado/public_html/leaveittoweaver/wp/wp-includes/comment-template.php on line 666
       ```
   
 * This is the code for the comments.php template
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       // Do not delete these lines
       if (!empty($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']) && 'comments.php' == basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']))
       die ('Please do not load this page directly. Thanks!');
   
       if ( post_password_required() ) { ?>
       <p class="nocomments">This post is password protected. Enter the password to view comments.</p>
       <?php
       return;
       }
       ?>
   
       <!-- You can start editing here. -->
   
       <?php if ( have_comments() ) : ?>
       <div id="maintabdiv">
       <ul id="tabnav">
       <li><a href="#comments" class="tabs current">Comments (<?php comments_number('0','1','%');?>;)</a></li>
       <li><a href="#trackbacks" class="tabs">Trackbacks</a></li>
       </ul>
   
       <?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['comment']) ) : ?>
   
       <div id="comments" class="commentlist">
       <ol class="commentlist">
       <?php wp_list_comments('type=comment'); ?>
       </ol>
       </div>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <div id="trackbacks">
       <ol class="commentlist">
       <?php if ( ! empty($comments_by_type['pings']) ) : ?>
       <?php wp_list_comments('type=pings'); ?>
       <?php else : ?>
       <li>There are no trackbacks for this post yet.</li>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </ol>
       </div>
       </div>
   
       <div class="navigation">
       <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_comments_link() ?></div>
       <div class="alignright"><?php next_comments_link() ?></div>
       </div>
   
       <?php else : // this is displayed if there are no comments so far ?>
   
       <?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
       <!-- If comments are open, but there are no comments. -->
   
       <?php else : // comments are closed ?>
       <!-- If comments are closed. -->
       <p class="nocomments">Comments are closed.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <?php if ('open' == $post->comment_status) : ?>
   
       <div id="respond">
   
       <h3><?php comment_form_title( 'Leave a Reply', 'Leave a Reply to %s' ); ?></h3>
   
       <div class="cancel-comment-reply">
       <small><?php cancel_comment_reply_link(); ?></small>
       </div>
   
       <?php if ( get_option('comment_registration') && !$user_ID ) : ?>
       <p>You must be <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-login.php?redirect_to=<?php echo urlencode(get_permalink()); ?>">logged in</a> to post a comment.</p>
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <form action="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform">
   
       <?php if ( $user_ID ) : ?>
   
       <p>Logged in as <a href="<?php echo get_option('siteurl'); ?>/wp-admin/profile.php"><?php echo $user_identity; ?></a>. <a href="<?php echo wp_logout_url(get_permalink()); ?>" title="Log out of this account">Log out &raquo;</a></p>
   
       <?php else : ?>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="author" id="author" value="<?php echo $comment_author; ?>" size="22" tabindex="1" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="author"><small>Name <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="<?php echo $comment_author_email; ?>" size="22" tabindex="2" <?php if ($req) echo "aria-required='true'"; ?> />
       <label for="email"><small>Mail (will not be published) <?php if ($req) echo "(required)"; ?></small></label></p>
   
       <p><input type="text" name="url" id="url" value="<?php echo $comment_author_url; ?>" size="22" tabindex="3" />
       <label for="url"><small>Website</small></label></p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       <!--<p><small><strong>XHTML:</strong> You can use these tags: <code><?php echo allowed_tags(); ?></code></small></p>-->
   
       <p><textarea name="comment" id="comment" cols="100%" rows="10" tabindex="4"></textarea></p>
   
       <p><input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit" tabindex="5" value="Submit Comment" />
       <?php comment_id_fields(); ?>
       </p>
       <?php do_action('comment_form', $post->ID); ?>
   
       </form>
   
       <?php endif; // If registration required and not logged in ?>
       </div>
   
       <?php endif; // if you delete this the sky will fall on your head ?>
       ```
   
 * and onto the single post code 🙂 just to cover my bases
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       <div id="main">
       <div id="content" class="narrowcolumn">
   
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   
       <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   
       <div class="entry">
       <?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>'); ?>
   
       <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
       <?php the_tags( '<p class="postmetadata">Tags: ', ', ', '</p>'); ?>
   
       <p class="postmetadata2">
       <small>
       This entry was posted
       <?php /* This is commented, because it requires a little adjusting sometimes.
       You'll need to download this plugin, and follow the instructions:
       http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2004/08/17/time-since-plugin/ */
       /* $entry_datetime = abs(strtotime($post->post_date) - (60*120)); echo time_since($entry_datetime); echo ' ago'; */ ?>
       on <?php the_time('l, F jS, Y') ?> at <?php the_time() ?>
       and is filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?>.
       You can follow any responses to this entry through the <?php post_comments_feed_link('RSS 2.0'); ?> feed.
   
       <?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       // Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
       You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?>" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       // Only Pings are Open ?>
       Responses are currently closed, but you can <a href="<?php trackback_url(); ?> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       <?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       // Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
       You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
   
       <?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       // Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
       Both comments and pings are currently closed.
   
       <?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry','','.'); ?>
   
       </small>
       </p>
   
       </div>
   
       </div>
   
       <?php comments_template('', true); ?>
   
       <?php endwhile; else: ?>
   
       <p>Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.</p>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
   
       </div>
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
       </div>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   

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