Page is loading differently when included via PHP

Question

If I make this the code of index.php:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
    <head>
        <style type="text/css">
            *{
                margin: 0px;
            }
    
            header{
                height: 100px;
                background: #000000;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <header>
        </header>
    </body>
</html>

then it displays how I want it, like this:

But then, when I change index.php to:

<?php
require "./includes/header.php";
?>

and then have header.php as the exact same code that I posted just then, a blank space appears above the header:

Why?! What could cause a page with the exact same HTML (I've checked multiple times) to display different when included via PHP, especially since the browser wouldn't even have any knowledge of what goes on server-side...

Anyone know?

Works for me. Are you sure you are including the correct file which has the same content? — Kissaki, Nov 16 '13 at 11:02

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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It's encoding problem, you need to save your file with "UTF-8 without BOM". Look at PHP include causes white space at the top of the page

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Nov 16 '13 at 11:04

Tib

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '13 at 10:55

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Use this

    require_once('includes/header.php');

and header.php file must inside includes folder.

answered Nov 16 '13 at 10:55

user28199182

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Not true at all, you're free to `require` whatever PHP you want. Besides that, parentheses are unnecessary for language constructs like `require`. – Aeveus Nov 16 '13 at 11:02

Page is loading differently when included via PHP

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