(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
require is identical to include except upon failure it will also produce an Error exception (E_COMPILE_ERROR level error prior to PHP 8.0.0) whereas include will only produce a warning (E_WARNING level error).
See the include documentation for how this works.
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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.require.php