It would be nice if a separate statement or function was used to exit include files, instead of re-using the "return" statement for this purpose.

Take the following example. In test1.php say I have:

<?
include("./test2.php");
echo "Foo";
?>

And in test2.php I have:

<?
function croak ($msg)
{
  echo $msg;
  return false;
}

mysql_connect(...) or croak("Can't connect");
mysql_select_db("foobar") or croak("Can't open DB");
?>

This doesn't work, of course. The return statement only returns from the function and the include file continues processing. One instead has to do something tedious like:

<?
if (!mysql_connect(...))
{
   echo "Can't connect";
   return false;
}
if (!mysql_select_db(...))
{
   echo "Can't open DB";
   return false;
}
?>

Hence I propose the addition of a new statement, which I will call "stop", which exits from the current include file. Then test2.php would look like:

<?
function croak ($msg)
{
  echo $msg;
  stop;
}

mysql_connect(...) or croak("Can't connect");
mysql_select_db("foobar") or croak("Can't open DB");
?>

Just an idea :-)