include form

[alexander-akait]

require ('somefile.php');

vs

require 'somefile.php';

All popular framework use this form:
https://github.com/laravel/framework/search?l=PHP&q=require&type=&utf8=%E2%9C%93
https://github.com/symfony/symfony/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=require&type=
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/search?l=PHP&q=require&type=&utf8=%E2%9C%93

Vote welcome.

1. ❤️ - First example
2. 👍 - Second example
3. 💯 Output as is

[alexander-akait]

WordPress also use second output.

[ichiriac]

Just for your information, the second choice is better, and there is a reason :

Foo.php

<?php return 'I AM FOO !';

This code :

<?php
echo include('foo.php') . ' MORE OUTPUT';

Does not behaves as expected, and is interpreted as :

<?php
echo include 'foo.php' . ' MORE OUTPUT';

Resulting in a warning with a file not found. So removing parenthesis removes ambiguity on how it will be interpreted.

[alexander-akait]

@ichiriac thanks for feedback, now we use first option, but anyone can post own opinion and vote and we can change this in future