Is it possible to "exit" the execution of an included file?

[cgm225]

Is it possible to "exit" the action/execution of an included file, but NOT the execution of the file that included it?  Restated, if I have:

 

SomeFile.php

  '--------------included AnotherFile.php

 

Is is possible to exit AnotherFile.php but continue on with executing SomeFile.php

 

Thanks in advance!

[AndyB]

not with the exit() function

 

exit — Output a message and terminate the current script

[BlueSkyIS]

no. including a file is essentially the same as copying the contents of the file and pasting it where the include() is.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Read this - http://php.net/return

 

If you put a return() in the global scope (main code) in an included file, it will stop execution of the included code and return to the file that included that code.

[deadonarrival]

I didn't know return worked in the global scope like that.

 

I was about (so I'll carry on) to suggest making the included file into a function. Then just include it and call the function, and use return to do what you wanted, but if you don't need to make it into a function, that's just taken half the effort away.