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In Joomla 1.5 to 2.5 we include directly the helper file or other file in the Joomla PHP code using require_once() method but in Joomla 3.0 you must defined the DS directory separator constant otherwise you getting error message.<\/p>\n

defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');\r\nrequire_once (dirname(__FILE__).DS.'helper.php');<\/pre>\n
Here is the right way to import your file using the DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR constant<\/p>\n
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access');\r\nif(!defined('DS')){\r\n    define('DS',DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);\r\n}\r\nrequire_once (dirname(__FILE__).DS.'helper.php');<\/pre>\n
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