unset a function

[xhunter]

is it possible in anyways to unset a function

what my problem is that I have to php files which declare the same function, and if i include them both they result in an error that it can not declare the function again,

those are not my php files, so I can use if(!function_exists()) in any of them,

I found "rename_function()" but it is for PECL, can't use it

what I am trying to do is , if lets say the conflicting function name is "func"

include 'first file.php';
rename_function('func','func2'); // or unset it for now
include '2nd file.php';

[pbmods]

Heya, xhunter.

Try manually renaming the function in each file and using a variable to store the name of the function you want to call.

E.g.,

include 'file1.php'; // Defines 'function1'
 
$func = 'function1';
 
$func(...);
 
include 'file2.php'; // Defines 'function2'
 
$func = 'function2';
 
$func(...);
 
 

[xhunter]

thanx,
but as I said, I can't change those files, not because I don't have access but because they are files from 2 sets of scripts that I have that work independently, and I just want to use some of variables set in them.

and I don't really need to use that specific function when including both of the files,
I just don't want to get the error that I can't redeclare it, so I was thinking to unset one of them to prevent conflicting.

[xhunter]

what the function really is, is the "iif()" function commonly used,

now I can not include to files that declare the same function. and both of them need to be called this way.

[pbmods]

Heya, xhunter.

The best advice I can offer you is to copy the functions that you need out of one of those files and creating a separate file so that there is no naming conflict.

[kovik]

You should make it a point to use classes since PHP doesn't support namespaces. If you had them all as static functions in a class, you'd be fine.