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get_included_files

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_included_filesReturns an array with the names of included or required files

Description

array get_included_files ( void )

Gets the names of all files that have been included using include, include_once, require or require_once.

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.

Changelog

Version Description
4.0.1 In PHP 4.0.1 and previous versions this function assumed that the required files ended in the extension .php; other extensions would not be returned. The array returned by get_included_files() was an associative array and only listed files included by include and include_once.

Examples

Example #1 get_included_files() example

<?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:

abc.php
test1.php
test2.php
test3.php
test4.php

Notes

Note:

Files included using the auto_prepend_file configuration directive are not included in the returned array.

See Also



get_loaded_extensions> <get_include_path
[edit] Last updated: Fri, 28 Jun 2013
 
add a note add a note User Contributed Notes get_included_files - [8 notes]
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donikuntoro at integraasp dot com
1 year ago
This function aims to perform filtering of files that have been included :

<?php
function setIncludeFiles($arrayInc = array()){
   
$incFiles = get_included_files();
    if((
count($arrayInc)>0)&&(count($incFiles)>0)){
       
$aInt = array_intersect($arrayInc,$incFiles);
        if(
count($aInt)>0){
            return
false;
       }elseif(
count($aInt)<1) {
        foreach(
$arrayInc as $inc){
            if(
is_file($inc))
                include(
$inc);
            else{
                return
false;
            }
        }
       }   
    }else{
        return
false;
    }
}
?>

Usage :

<?php
$toBeInclude
= array('/data/your_include_files_1.php',
'/data/your_include_files_2.php',
'/data/your_include_files_3.php',
);
setIncludeFiles($toBeInclude);
?>

Return false if something goes wrong.
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keystorm :at: gmail dotcom
8 years ago
As of PHP5, this function seems to return an array with the first index being the script all subsequent scripts are included to.
If index.php includes b.php and c.php and calls get_included_files(), the returned array looks as follows:

index.php
a.php
b.php

while in PHP<5 the array would be:

a.php
b.php

If you want to know which is the script that is including current script you can use $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] or any other similar server global.

If you also want to ensure current script is being included and not run independently you should evaluate following expression:

__FILE__ != $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']

If this expression returns TRUE, current script is being included or required.
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RPaseur at NationalPres dot org
7 years ago
As is often the case, YMMV.  I tried the __FILE__ and SCRIPT_FILENAME comparison and found this:

SCRIPT_FILENAME: /var/www/cgi-bin/php441
__FILE__: /raid/home/natpresch/natpresch/RAY_included.php

As an alternative:

count(get_included_files());

Gives one when the script is standalone and always more than one when the script is included.
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yarco dot w at gmail dot com
5 years ago
If you have a MAIN php script which you don't want to be included by other scripts, you could use this function. For example:

main.php:
<?php
function blockit()
{
 
$buf = get_included_files();
  return
$buf[0] != __FILE__;
}

blockit() and exit("You can not include a MAIN file as a part of your script.");

print
"OK";
?>

So other script couldn't include main.php to modify its internal global vars.
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indigohaze at gmail dot com
6 years ago
Something that's not noted in the docs, if a file is included remotely and you do a get_included_files() in the include itself it will *not* return the document that included it.

ie:
test2.php (server 192.168.1.14):
<?php

include("http://192.168.1.11/test/test3.php");

?>

test3.php (server 192.168.1.11):

<?php

$files
= get_included_files();

print_r($files);
?>

returns:

Array ( [0] => /var/www/localhost/htdocs/test/test3.php )

Which means you can use get_included_files() to help intercept and prevent XSS-style attacks against your code.
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peter at olds dot co
1 year ago
In case anyone is wondering this function can NOT read into other files like get_defined_functions does.

Meaning I have ScriptA.php inside ScriptA.php I require ScriptB.php.

ScriptB.php requires ScriptC.php, ScriptD.php, etc. When I run the results of get_included_files() it will only show me ScriptB.php. Just an FYI.
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cleggypdc at gmail dot com
5 years ago
If you want to get the relative path of an included file, from within itself use this function. If you ever have a include file thats path may not be static, this can save some time.

<?php
 
function get_current_files_path($file_name)
 {
  
//find the current files directory
  
$includes = get_included_files();
  
$path = "";
   for (
$i=0; $i < count($includes); $i++)
   {
    
$path = strstr($includes[$i], $file_name);
     if (
$path != false)
     {
      
$key = $i;
       break;
     }
   }
  
$path = str_replace(getcwd(), "", $includes[$key]);
  
$path = str_replace("\\", "/", $path);
  
$path = str_replace($file_name, "", $path);
  
$path = ltrim($path, "/");
  
   return
$path;
 }
?>
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sam at consideropen dot com
5 years ago
If you want to avoid the filepaths, just wrap get_included_files() inside preg_replace() to get rid of path info:

<?php
$filenames
= preg_replace("/\/.*\//", "", get_included_files());
?>

 
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