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PHP Include - Require

The document discusses PHP functions for including files. The require() function will include a file and cause a fatal error if it fails, stopping execution. The include() function will include a file and issue a warning if it fails, allowing execution to continue. Both include_once() and require_once() will include a file only once to prevent multiple inclusions, with require_once() causing a fatal error and include_once() issuing a warning if the file is not found. Including files allows code and content to be reused across files.

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PHP Include - Require

The document discusses PHP functions for including files. The require() function will include a file and cause a fatal error if it fails, stopping execution. The include() function will include a file and issue a warning if it fails, allowing execution to continue. Both include_once() and require_once() will include a file only once to prevent multiple inclusions, with require_once() causing a fatal error and include_once() issuing a warning if the file is not found. Including files allows code and content to be reused across files.

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PHP include and require Statements

PHP require() Function:


 The require() function in PHP is basically used to include the
contents/code/data of one PHP file to another PHP file.
 During this process if there are any kind of error occurs then require()
function will pop up a warning along with a fatal error and it will
immediately stop the execution of the script.

PHP include() Function:


 The include() function in PHP is basically used to include the
contents/code/data of one PHP file to another PHP file.
 During this process if there are any kind of errors then this include()
function will pop up a warning and it will not stop the execution of the
script rather the script will continue its process.

Syntax:
include 'filename';
or
require 'filename';

Note: Including files saves a lot of work. This means that you can create a
standard header, footer, or menu file for all your web pages. Then, when the
header needs to be updated, you can only update the header include file.

Example:

footer.php:

<?php

echo "<p>Copyright &copy; 2021-" . date("Y") . " wt subject</p>";

?>

Welcome.php

<html>

<body>
<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>

<p>Some text.</p>

<p>Some more text.</p>

<?php include 'footer.php';?>

</body>

</html>

PHP include_once() Function:


 The include_once() function can be used to include a PHP file in another
one, when you may need to include the called file only one time.
 If it is found that the file has already been included, calling script is going
to ignore further inclusions.

Example: index.php

<?php
include_once('header.php');
include_once('heade.php');
?>

The above file header.php is included twice with include_once() function in


the following file index.php. But from the output, you will get that the
second instance of inclusion is ignored since include_once() function
ignores all the similar inclusions after the first one.

PHP require_once() Function:


 The require_once() function can be used to include a PHP file in another
one, when you may need to include the called file only one time.
 If it is found that the file has already been included, calling script is going
to ignore further inclusions.
 If file does not exist then it stops execution and causing a fatal error.
include_once() vs require_once():

Both functions work as same and produce same output but if any error arises
then differences come.
Example:
If we don’t have a file named header.php, then in the case of the
include_once(), the output will be shown with warnings about missing file, but
at least the output will be shown from the index.php file.
In the case of the require_once(), if header.PHP file is missing, then a fatal
error will arise and no output is shown and the execution halts.

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