What's quicker; including another file or querying a MySQL database in PHP?

Question

In PHP, which is quicker; using include(\'somefile.php\') or querying a MySQL database with a simple SELECT query to get the same information?

Answer 1

I exactly don't know, but in my opinio using MySQL, even if can be slower, sould be used if the content is dynamic. But I'm pretty sure it is faster, for big contents, using include.