difference between include and Reuqire_once

Can anyone explain, that what is the difference between "Include" and "require_once"

plz require

Eshban

The difference is in the level of error that will be returned if the file cannot be included/required.

Like include() and require(), include_once() returns a warning and require_once() returns a fatal error.

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php

Also, I believe that with require_once, PHP will not require the same file twice (which will often lead to errors) eg, the code:

require('functions.php');
require('functions.php');

will cause errors, becuase the first require loads the functions, and then the second file trys to re-declare them. using require_once in place of require will stop this from happening.

Like Sayonara said, there are different levels of warning for include & include_once, and require & require_once

As with the *_once section for the functions, the difference this creates is that it will not include code already presented to it. So if you have a value that you would like to allow overwriting by another variable within an include, use include instead of include_once.