Fail safe includes and requires

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This tutorial shows you how to use a built in php check to safely remove errors


Code added for ease of use:

This check checks that a file exists before including it.
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<?php
if (file_exists("./path/to/file.php"))
{
    include("./path/to/file.php");
}
?>



This check checks that a file exists before requiring it.
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<?php
if (file_exists("./path/to/file.php"))
{
    require("./path/to/file.php");
}
?>



If you wanted to add an error message to these, simply add an else statement.
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<?php
if (file_exists("./path/to/file.php"))
{
    require("./path/to/file.php");
}
else
{
    echo "./path/to/file.php File was not included / required.";
}
?>