How to prevent includes from attempting redefinitions

[Tim Tyler]

I import library routines using include(...);

However, importing library routines that themselves use other library routines
easily leads to repeated declarations - which give errors of the form:

``Fatal error: Cannot redeclare method_name() (previously declared in
/usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php:2)
in /usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php
on line 11''

Should I try setting flags - and doing things conditionally?

What is the best approach for working around this issue?
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[John Downey]

Tim Tyler wrote:

I import library routines using include(...);

However, importing library routines that themselves use other library routines
easily leads to repeated declarations - which give errors of the form:

``Fatal error: Cannot redeclare method_name() (previously declared in
/usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php:2)
in /usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php
on line 11''

Should I try setting flags - and doing things conditionally?

What is the best approach for working around this issue?

Try include_once() that way PHP will keep track of if it has included
the file already and won't try again.

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[Tim Tyler]

John Downey <bl**@doesntexist.com> wrote or quoted:

Tim Tyler wrote:

What is the best approach for working around this issue?

Try include_once() that way PHP will keep track of if it has included
the file already and won't try again.

Thanks.
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[Randell D.]

"Tim Tyler" <ti*@tt1lock.org> wrote in message news:Hn********@bath.ac.uk...

I import library routines using include(...);

However, importing library routines that themselves use other library routines easily leads to repeated declarations - which give errors of the form:

``Fatal error: Cannot redeclare method_name() (previously declared in
/usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php:2) in /usr/local/home/httpd/vhtdocs/timtyler/php/table_highlight_border.inc.php on line 11''

Should I try setting flags - and doing things conditionally?

What is the best approach for working around this issue?
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|im |yler http://timtyler.org/ ti*@tt1lock.org Remove lock to reply.

You can use include_once() or else perform your includes from within the
parent calling script (as opposed to having one include inside another
included function/script), place what you want to include at the very
begining of your script