get_included_files

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Returns an array with the names of included or required files

array get_included_files ( void )

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

Returns:

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.

Notes:

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

Examples:

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