RE: [PHP] PHP is a Bloated Kludge, discuss!

> > PHP on the other hand seems to load in ALL the code that > MAY be run. > > i.e. an include brings things in which are inside an if, > even if the > > if equates to false. > > A quick check in the manual, it states that: > > "Unlike include(), require() will always read in the target > file, even if the line it's on never executes. If you want to > conditionally include a file, use include(). The conditional > statement won't affect the require(). However, if the line on > which the require() occurs is not executed, neither will any > of the code in the target file be executed. " > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require.php > and > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require-once.php > > > So to do what you said i.e. conditionally load the > function/files that you want then you should use include(). > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php > and > http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include-once.php > > So I don't buy this agument. This is outdated. Look int othe archives - I had this discussion with Zeev close to a year ago - since PHP 4.0.(something) require and include behaves in the exactly same way. Test it yourself on the latest release of PHP: require.test.php ---- <? echo 'included?'; if($go) require 'require.error.test'; ?> ---- require.error.test ---- <? echo '<H1>yup!</H1>'; parse error; ?> ---- Access it with: 1. require.test.php?go=e And then try it with: 2. require.test.php What do you buy now? Maxim Maletsky www.PHPBeginner.com