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include will work with our without the braces, the problem is far more likely it cannot find this file - is the script that is trying to include standardheard in the same directory location?
Learn something new every day? It's true though - even the PHP manual doesn't use braces in the include function examples. Infact it's down to personal preference really, you don't NEED them, but to keep things consistent with other PHP functions lots of people like to use them.