What is most efficient using multiple includes in one call?

[Rastor Mosaic]

Example... which would you chose...

<?php 
include_once ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/include/header.php");
include_once ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/include/top-articles.php");
include_once ($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/include/breadcrumbs-articles.php");
?>

OR

<?php 
include_once ('../../include/header.php');
include_once ('../../include/top-index.php');
?>

[Dormilich]

personally, I’d use neither of them. I’d just define a constant for the include directory (absolute path) and prefix the files with it.

// INCLUDE_DIR would resolve to e.g. /var/www/myproject/include
include INCLUDE_DIR . "myfile.php";