note 72464 added to function.require-once

<?php function & rel($r, &$f) {return file_exists( ( $f = ( dirname($r).'/'.$f ) ) );} function & relf($r, $f) {return rel($r,$f) ? file_get_contents($f) : null;} function & reli($r, $f) {return rel($r,$f) ? include($f) : null;} function & relr($r, $f) {return rel($r,$f) ? require($f) : null;} function & relio($r, $f) {return rel($r,$f) ? include_once($f) : null;} function & relro($r, $f) {return rel($r,$f) ? require_once($f) : null;} ?> I found it useful to have a function that can load a file relative to the calling script and return null if the file did not exist, without raising errors. <?php /* Load file contents or return blank if it's not there. Relative to the file calling the function. */ echo relf(__FILE__, 'some.file'); ?> It was easy to modify and just as useful for require/include. <?php /* Require the file once. It's like suppressing error messages with @ but only when the file does not exist. Still shows compile errors/warning, unless you use @relro(). Relative to the file calling the function. */ relro(__FILE__, 'stats.php'); ?> If you work with a deep php file structure and a barrage of includes/requires/file-loads this works well. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 74.118.123.241 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require-once.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72464 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72464 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72464 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php