Include or require?

[Anon]

I'm not sure to use include or require when I wish to include a .txt file into my page.

I think the manual is a bit confusing at this point.

The text file doesn't contain any variables or any other stuff that is used by PHP. Simply some html tags.

Thanks,
Michael

[josephferris]

The difference between include and require is as follows:

include is going to conditionaly use a file when the include line is called. If the include line is not called (i.e. it is in a conditional that is not met), the file will not be included.

require, on the other hand, will always use the file, whether the line is explicitly called or not.

HTH,

Joseph