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

A better approach would be to use realpath on the path first. realpath will return false if the file does not exist.

$filename = realpath(getcwd() . "/fileERROR.php5");
$filename && return require($filename);
trigger_error("Could not find file {$filename}", E_USER_ERROR);

You could even create your own require function in your app's namespace that wraps PHP's require function

namespace app;

function require_safe($filename) {
  $path = realpath(getcwd() . $filename);
  $path && return require($path);
  trigger_error("Could not find file {$path}", E_USER_ERROR);
}

Now you can use it anywhere in your files

namespace app;

require_safe("fileERROR.php5");