php - Failed to open stream: No such file or directory while path seems fine

My project architecture

./src/index.php

./src/Views/App/index.php

./src/Views/header.php

./src/index.php is routing and sending the user to./src/Views/App/index.php

$request = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

switch ($request) {
    case '/' :
    case '':
        require __DIR__ . '/src/Views/App/index.php';
        break;
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Then the file simply tries to load the header

<?php
    require_once("./../header.php");
?>
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Even if the relative filepath to header.php looks fine, I'm getting the following error :

Warning: require_once(./../header.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/rock/Desktop/projets/src/Views/App/index.php on line 3

Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required './../header.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/rock/Bureau/projets/src/Views/App/index.php on line 3

What am I missing there ?

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