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Yup, we're on 5.3. May have something to do with the relative vs. absolute paths (we use relative), but still...

Turns out we didn't need require_once anyway, all but a couple of includes in our entire codebase were in that one area.

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As quickly as possible I turn relative paths to absolute paths (with __DIR__) to avoid any more overhead there. I also empty the include path; no need to have PHP searching for files all over the place.

Out of curiosity, what does your include_path look like? Is ./ the first element, the last, or somewhere in the middle?

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