Include\Require parsing question

[jc94062]

If I have the code:

if ($var)
{
include "file.inc";
}

Is that file always included?
Or is it only include when $var is present?

Does this change if require is used? (Other than the obvious fact that require will fail if the file doesn't exist).

This may seem obvious, and I believe it is fairly obvious, that it won't be parsed until $var is present, but I want to be really sure before re-writing 2500 lines of code to speed up a message board system with this kind of thing before doing it!

Thanks

[Anon]

from manual:

"Note: Prior to PHP 4.0.2, the following applies: require() will always attempt to read the target file, even if the line it's on never executes. The conditional statement won't affect require()."

as for now, both "required" and "included" files seem to be parsed only if the condition validates. The only difference now is in the error handling.

So it depends a lot on the PHP version you run.

[jc94062]

4.1.2 😃

Thanks