Re: Include vs. Header

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Eugene Yi (InfoSpace Inc) wrote: > Hi, guys! > I'd wanna ask you a trivial question and I don't have a firm idea even after > referencing to the php.net's doc. I basically want to know the differences > and usages of include() and header() (and require()). When I was working > with PHP 2.x, I always (and only) used include() & exit() combi to move on > to the next page. It feels like I have some limitation when doing so in PHP > 4. Is that true especially when I introduce the cookie function, or am I > just dreaming? PHP still uses include and require to include content in a page, just as you were doing in your example. Header() is used for a different purpose, to send HTTP Header information. One of those headers, Location, simply redirects the browser to a new location. You don't return from it, because it's sent to the browser before any normal content. As a side note, exit() isn't really necessary in the include files. Matt