Having some problems with 'require'

[pheagey]

Ok, So I have a few PHP pages all using the same "config" file. Now Im making a user / pw authentication using flat files etc. The problem is that lets say mebers-index.php will load all the "require" and go streight thru, even if the statments in the config files = error.
EXP: I have index.php and in it it has a require that points to banned.php. When I hit refreash on index.php I see banned.php falsh then index.php load. I check the code IE6 gives me and it has both pages listed in order of apperance. Any ideas to stop it if the required files come up with an error?

[yelvington]

require() halts the program only if the required file is missing. If you require() a file that contains bad PHP code, the bad code will be processed. Solution: Don't write bad code.

[djumaka]

Hi!
There is actually no way that you make the require command check the validity of the code in the required file.
The solution is to make all the commands in the requred file functions which returns "true" if everything inside is OK or "false" in the other case. When you "requre" it stil nothing will happen. but the you use some code like this:

if(@my_requre_function()){//it is OK
}
else{//an error has occured while executing the code
}

The "@" before the name of the function tels PHP not to show the error messages. Thus you'll understand if it is ok if the function has returned true. In the other case you can handle the error.

Bob.