You'd be confusing the HELL out of me to have PHP sending out a 403 because it couldn't read the included file after it already managed to read index.php and connect.inc
Right, I don't disagree with you that it would be confusing and inconsistent which is why no such magic is being done. To me a PHP script with incorrect permissions is really no different from a PHP script with a syntax error in it. In both cases you would want to know you screwed up and you just have to manage where these error messages should appear.
-Rasmus
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