# What’s the difference between include and require?

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**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [August 6, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-s-the-difference-between-include-and-require/293950 "2009-08-06T09:22:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 9:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-s-the-difference-between-include-and-require/293950/1 "2009-08-06T09:22:15Z")

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Hi,  
failures. If the file is not found by require(), it will cause a fatal error and halt the execution of the script. If the file is not found by include(), a warning will be issued, but execution will continue.