The difference between include() and require()
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are different how they handle failure
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both are same in every aspects
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is include() produced a Fatal Error while require results in a Warning
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none of above
include() produces a warning and continues script execution if the file is not found, while require() causes a fatal error and stops the script. This is their fundamental difference in failure handling. Option B is incorrect because they are not the same. Option C has the error types reversed.
include() and require() both pull in and evaluate another PHP file, but they differ in how they handle a failure to find that file: require() throws a fatal error and halts script execution immediately, while include() only emits a warning and lets the script continue running. That's the real, documented distinction. The third option gets it backwards (it swaps which one gives the fatal error vs. the warning), so it's wrong, and 'both are the same' or 'none of the above' are trivially incorrect given this well-known PHP behavior.