What potential pitfalls should be considered when dynamically generating form elements in PHP using includes?

One potential pitfall to consider when dynamically generating form elements in PHP using includes is the risk of naming conflicts if the same form element names are used in multiple included files. To avoid this issue, you can prefix the form element names with a unique identifier based on the included file name. 

// Include file for generating form elements
include 'form_elements.php';

// Unique identifier based on included file name
$unique_identifier = 'form_elements';

// Function to generate form elements with unique names
function generate_form_elements($unique_identifier) {
    ob_start();
    include 'form_elements.php';
    $form_elements = ob_get_clean();
    
    // Prefix form element names with unique identifier
    $form_elements = str_replace('name="', 'name="' . $unique_identifier . '_', $form_elements);

    echo $form_elements;
}

// Call function to generate form elements with unique names
generate_form_elements($unique_identifier);

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