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Anton Stahl
Anton Stahl

Reputation: 196

difference between require(__DIR__ . '/file.php') and require('file.php')

As asked in the title, whats the difference between

require(__DIR__ . '/file.php')

and

require('file.php')

?

(when both files are in the same folder)

Thank you all for your help!

Upvotes: 7

Views: 12191

Answers (1)

wogsland
wogsland

Reputation: 9508

If you do 

require(__DIR__ . '/file.php')

then you are requiring the file with the full pathname. If the file doing this require is required by another file in another directory, this require will always work. On the other hand, if you 

require('file.php')

then if the file where this require statement is is required by another file in another directory, this statement will fail.

That is why it is generally good practice to include the __DIR__.

Upvotes: 12

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