Including() functions in objects

[jsisson]

Take the following example:

includeTest.php:
<?
class testObject {
function testObject() {
include("test.php");
}
}

$test1 = new testObject();
$test2 = new testObject();
?>

test.php:
<?
function testFunction() {
echo "test";
return;
}
?>

When executing this script, i get an error:
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare testfunction() in /home/jsisson/www/concept/test.php on line 2

Now...since test1 and test2 are two different objects, why is testFunction being redeclared?

[[deleted]]

include() makes everything it reads part of the SCRIPT, not part of the function that it's in.

So if you include() something in the object, it gets declared in the script. Calling the object twice means including the file twice.

[Anon]

If you are using PHP 4, using include_once() instead of include() will solve this problem. It will only include test.php the first time you instantiate a testObject object.

[jsisson]

But i have used this before, and it worked the way i had assumed...the included function becomes a method of the class it is included from. Thus, you can say testObject->testFunction(). I have used this successfully in the past.

The problem, is that php seems to think this included function is actually a global function, and not a method of the object, like it is.