## require_once

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

The `require_once` expression is identical to require except PHP will check if the file has already been included, and if so, not include (require) it again.

See the include_once documentation for information about the `_once` behaviour, and how it differs from its non `_once` siblings.

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