note 21530 deleted from function.require by sniper

make sure that the code in the file which is required is inside <?php ... ?> I had file1.php & file2.php. Three lines were common in those files. I wanted to take these common lines into a file, say xyz.php. I did that, & replaced those 3 lines in file1 & file2 with require('xyz.php') Then the browser displayed those 3 lines from xyz.php instead of evaluating them. It took me 10 mins to figure that those 3 lines should be in a <?php ... ?> small detail - might be useful for someone.