Strange class error ??

[Anon]

Hey, I have two servers, one with php4.0 and one with 4.0.6

I have a class, with one line missing a semicoln.

On the PHP 4.0 server, I get this error message:
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No line numebers, nothing.

On the PHP 4.0.6 server, I get a normal looking php error, specifying what line and stuff.

I am wondering, if this is the case for all people who have 4.0 .. or if my version of Php 4.0 behaving as such because the owner of the machine says its "hacked up"

Any ideas?

Thanks

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What are the exact error messages, and what's the offending code?

[Anon]

Well, I tried to duplicate it on a small class.. but I only get the normal php error, such as:
Parse error: parse error in TestClass.class.php on line 21

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: testclass in /export/nola/test/Test.php on line 3

.............. however..... I just was able to duplicate it.

When I include a file, with the following function (just makes life easy on remembering the pathnames for includes)

function ttImport( $file ) {
global $DOCUMENT_ROOT;
include_once( $DOCUMENT_ROOT . '/lib/custom/' . $file . '.php' );
}

Then when there is an error with the include file.... I get that funny IE error. I tried it without using my ttImport function, and it gave the same error ..... when I use require_once, it reports the line number and error.

I think that is where the problem is. I can't use require_once in ttImport function because you it expects a constat, not a string containing the path. This quark doesn't occur with Php 4.0.6

Any ideas?

[[deleted]]

"I can't use require_once in ttImport function because you it expects a constat,"

That can't be the problem. First of all, you don't use and constants in the sample, and second, a constant can be used in any instance where you'd normally put a number or a string.

[Anon]

I meant you can't add strings in the require_once

this:

require_once($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/lib/file.inc");

WILL NOT WORK in Php 4.0

Only:

require_once("/home/devel/lib/file.inc");

I meant constant is a string that is not built by variables. Even this does not work:

$path = $DOCUMENT_ROOT . "/lib/file.inc";
require_once($path);

So, I use include_once instead .... and when I do that, if the file I included'ed has an error, I get that funny pop up error from IE.

And.. I'm not sure if I can do anything about it in PHP 4.0 (seems fine in 4.0.6)