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What is the difference between include() and require() ?

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They are almost the same thing. The differences are if you use require and the file you are requiring doesnt exist, php will give you a fatal error and will stop loading the page. if you use include, it will just give you a warning error but will continue with the rest of the script, and also any file using require() cannot return a value, so using include() is better.

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require (or require_once) is usually used when you have database connections in seperate files. This stops it duplicating any connections

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