Can I include same file more then once in a PHP page?

Question

For example say I want include("abc.php") two times in a PHP page?

Answer 1

@Amrit: You can include a file as many times as you want but I would suggest you to try include_once or required_once which take care of duplicate include.

By the way why you want to include same file twice?

Answer 2

Yes ,You can include same file more than once.But It creates a problem when a file have some functions declaration. Then error may come for already declared function in this file.

Answer 3

Yes you can include that many times you want, but here are some things to make sure of: (Including abc.PHP, the file names are case-sensitive)