Question

I hate to ask what may be a simple question, but I’m still new to php and learning as I go. I came across a php file with this snippet that appears to do the same thing as include(), but I can’t find documentation on it.

<?php show('header'); ?> 

Is it custom or am I not looking hard enough? If it is custom, how do I find where it may be defined at so I can understand it better. To my knowledge there’s no frameworks being used.

Answer 1

It is a custom function. When in doubt .. always check http://php.net

If you want to find it in your code just run something like this (if a UNIX user):

grep "function show(" . -ir