Help! My forum is down and I cannot gain access!

[funinthesun]

When I go to my forum, I receive the following errorWarning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/*****/public_html/index.php on line 55

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*****/public_html/index.php on line 55

Does anyone know why this is or what this means? I haven't made any recent changes at all.

I have hundreds of members contacting me via email complaining that the site is down, therefore I would really appreciate it if someone could help me asap.

Thanks in advance! :)

[Lynne]

That is related to your index.php page. Can you access the other pages on your site?

I would check the permissions for your scripts and make sure something didn't change (global.php should be 644, folders should be 755).

[Paul M]

Your web server is being denied permission to open global.php - check your file permissions, or contact your host for advice.