How to catch error of require() or include() in PHP?

Question

I\'m writing a script in PHP5 that requires the code of certain files. When A file is not available for inclusion, first a warning and then a fatal error are thrown. I\'d li

Answer 1

I just use 'file_exists()':

if (file_exists("must_have.php")) {
    require "must_have.php";
}
else {
    echo "Please try back in five minutes...\n";
}