get_included_files
PHP function
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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Returns an array with the names of included or required files
Description
get_included_files(): array
Gets the names of all files that have been included using include(), include_once(), require() or require_once().
Parameters Parameters
Return Values
Returns an array of the names of all files.
The script originally called is considered an "included file," so it will be listed together with the files referenced by include() and family.
Files that are included or required multiple times only show up once in the returned array.
Examples
get_included_files() example
php
<?php
// This file is abc.php
include 'test1.php';
include_once 'test2.php';
require 'test3.php';
require_once 'test4.php';
$included_files = get_included_files();
foreach ($included_files as $filename) {
echo "$filename\n";
}
?>The above example will output:
output
/path/to/abc.php
/path/to/test1.php
/path/to/test2.php
/path/to/test3.php
/path/to/test4.php