On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 14:03 +0100, Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft.) wrote: > Yes, Rob is right. My original question is about the difference between the > processing of a file-based site with include() OR eval(). In that case, if I > understood it correctly, the results are the same. > > But! If the included pages contain functions, classes, etc. With eval(), can > I use them? With include(), I know I should be able to use them. But in some > mysterious cases I don't have access to a function. If I cut out from the > included file, and put in on the file which includes that, just before (or > after) the includ(), I don't have any problem with it. > > The next step, that if I include a file in a function, can I use the > functions wrote in the included file? > As I know, include just makes a copy-paste, so if I use it IN a function, > then all function will be in function scope, am I right? You should be able to use any functions you declare in the external source from within the including context... but only after the include. This is true whether you include or eval the content. It's interesting your mention a mysterious case... I remember a couple of years ago an include issue where the functions were not available as they should have been... I resolved it by doing an eval on the contents of the file instead. I think it was probably some bug in PHP and it eventually resolved itself and it had worked before an upgrade. I never bothered with a bug report though because I couldn't distill it down to a simple use case. What version are you using? Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
