Description:
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After including a 'require' statement in my PHP script I found that an echoed output of variables in the same script inserted an unwanted and unexpected space character (%20) before the first variable name. I found the same problem when using 'include' instead of 'require'. The included PHP script is located in the root of the web server, not in the public area.

This space character effectively corrupted the name of the variable which caused it not to be recognised by my receiving Flash program.

Output before including the 'require' statement:
reply=valid user&company_name=ABC

Output after including the 'require' statement:
%20reply=valid user&company_name=ABC

Reproduce code:
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<?php
require '../../userpass.php';
echo "reply=valid user&company_name=ABC";
?>


And the sample code for the required file userpass.php:

<?php 
$mySQLdatabase = 'some_database';
$mySQLusername = 'some_login'; 
$mySQLpassword = 'some_password'; 
?>

Expected result:
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reply=valid user&company_name=ABC

Actual result:
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%20reply=valid user&company_name=ABC