RE: [PHP] Friday - Return of Brain Teasers

> Subject: [PHP] Friday - Return of Brain Teasers > > About five-and-a-half years ago, we had a brainteasers thread going > on[1]. Last year it was briefly resurrected[2], and both times got some > good content and dialogue going. So I'd like to reprise the thread in > 2012, as well. Those of you connected to me on Facebook > (parasane) or Twitter (@oidk) might already have seen it, but a simple one > to get things rolling: > > <?php require ++$cowbell; ?> > Is this supposed to execute to anything? I got this: Warning: require(1) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in C:\xampp\htdocs\cowbell.php on line 1 Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '1' (include_path='.;C:\xampp\php\PEAR') in C:\xampp\htdocs\cowbell.php on line 1 -- I do know what it means, just thought maybe there was something more significant to it than this... "Guess what? I got a fever. And the only prescription...is more cow bell"