Thanks, but my situation is slight more convoluted than I describe. I want to cascade down through a include chain and want to just stop processing the current include and return to the one which called it. Similar to exit() but only for the local scope.
TIA Henry "Mark Roedel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Seems like the easy way, at least in this case, would be to make the second part of your File A an "else" to your "if". <?php if (empty($_POST['search_criteria'])) { echo "You must provide search criteria"; } else { echo "You provided search criteria"; } --- Mark Roedel | "Blessed is he who has learned to laugh Systems Programmer | at himself, for he shall never cease LeTourneau University | to be entertained." Longview, Texas, USA | -- John Powell > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 9:40 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Exiting from an include or required file > > > Hi All, > > I would like to exit from an include file and continue in the calling > script! > > As an example > > FILE A: > > <?php > if (empty($_POST['search_criteria')) > { > echo "You must provide search criteria"; > > // exit the include file here!!!! But how? > } > > echo "You have provided serach criteria"; > ?> > > > FILE B > > #include "A"; > > <form method=post> > <input name=search_criteria type=text> > </form> > > TIA > > Henry > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php