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PHP include() Statement

Description

The include() statement is used to include a php file in another file. This way you can write a piece of code in a php file and can use it to multiple files through  include() statement.

If a.php is a php script calling b.php with include() statement, and does not find b.php, a.php executes with a warning, excluding the part of the code written within b.php.

Syntax:

include('name of the php file with path');

Example:

File my_include.php:

<?php
$sports1 = "football";
$sports2 = "cricket";
?>

File myfile.php, which includes my_include.php :

<?php
include('my_include.php');
echo "I prefer&nbsp;".  $sports1 ."&nbsp;
than&nbsp;".  $sports2;
?>

Output:

I prefer football  than cricket

View the example in the browser

If the file within require statement is not available:

For example, if you write my-include.php (which is not available),like this:

<?php
include('myfile_include.php');
echo "I prefer&nbsp;". $sports1 ."&nbsp; than&nbsp;". $sports2;
?>

View the example of php include statement where included file is not present

You can see that it fails to meet the purpose of including the file myfile_include.php, but the script does not stop executing.

require() Statement

require() is identical to include() except upon failure. On failure it produce a fatal E_ERROR level error.

See also

require_once, include_once

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PHP: Tips of the Day

How to Sort Multi-dimensional Array by Value?

Try a usort, If you are still on PHP 5.2 or earlier, you'll have to define a sorting function first:

Example:

function sortByOrder($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
}

usort($myArray, 'sortByOrder');

Starting in PHP 5.3, you can use an anonymous function:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] - $b['order'];
});

And finally with PHP 7 you can use the spaceship operator:

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    return $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
});

To extend this to multi-dimensional sorting, reference the second/third sorting elements if the first is zero - best explained below. You can also use this for sorting on sub-elements.

usort($myArray, function($a, $b) {
    $retval = $a['order'] <=> $b['order'];
    if ($retval == 0) {
        $retval = $a['suborder'] <=> $b['suborder'];
        if ($retval == 0) {
            $retval = $a['details']['subsuborder'] <=> $b['details']['subsuborder'];
        }
    }
    return $retval;
});

If you need to retain key associations, use uasort() - see comparison of array sorting functions in the manual

Ref : https://bit.ly/3i77vCC