[SATLUG] php: require, fopen

[Steele Kennett]

For static includes I recommend using require_once() for performance 
reasons.

Steele Kennett
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N. David Guarneri wrote:
> It seems that there are many ways to embed/include a file in php:
> fpassthru(), file(), fopen(), include(), require(), virtual(),
> file_get_contents().  I am putting require(heading.txt) at the 
> top of every html page to include header info such as stylesheet,
> menu, etc.  It is, however, putting a "1" in my page which I take
> out by using html comment tags.  Not a problem, but I am wondering
> if this will provide consistent behavior.
> 
> Is require the best thing to use?  What about fopen()?  Do
> the files go into a cache, the way .css files do?
> Has anyone had experience with this, and if so, what are your
> recommendations?  Thanks.