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In PHP one can either use include or require to include files, the difference is that if the file doesn't exist it will emit a fatal error and halt with a require and only emit a warning with inclu...
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Charlie Brumbaugh
·
2020-11-13T20:36:00Z (over 3 years ago)
In PHP what is the use case for include instead of require when including PHP scripts?
In PHP one can either use `include` or `require` to include files, the difference is that if the file doesn't exist it will emit a fatal error and halt with a `require` and only emit a warning with `include`. Normally would rather my code fail if code is missing and require that it be fixed rather than just throw a warning which might get ignored. The one solid use case I have seen for `include` was a bitcoin mining hack where a `require` might cause the error to show up in the logs sooner. What is the use case for PHP's `include` vs `require`?