Nathan Rixham wrote: > Daevid Vincent wrote: >> I was reading this: http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.including.php >> and it states: >> >> "Note: include_once and require_once are statements, not functions. >> Parentheses should not surround the subject filename." >> >> I never knew that. I've always (wrongly) used: >> >> require_once('/path/to/my/file'); >> > > if it ain't broken don't fix it - why not just ensure you do it the > correct way (or preferred way) in the future. > > sure the time could better be invested fixing a bug, writing a test or > documenting something. > > s'all your call though :) I agree. That's a PEAR coding standard, so unless you're coding a PEAR package it doesn't matter. It's the PEAR groups opinion. If you look at some other project, they may require the parentheses for readability. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php