Just to clarify, both packages are instantiating and calling their respective database classes from the $db var, which is in the global scope. Is this correct? This is why I hate the global scope, I hate it, I hate it! On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Brian Smither <bhsmither@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am running into a variable collision. The project I'm developing is NOT > guaranteed to be operating on PHP5. Any solution I find should (hopefully) > be able to run on PHP4 (yes, I know PHP4 is deprecated). > > I am building a bridge between two third-party applications. Both > instantiate their respective database class assigning it to $db and I cannot > change that. > > So, I am interested in solutions to this. > > I found a reference to a Packager class and will be looking at it shortly. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >