Include this? Yes...include that? Huh?

dalecosp

functions.php:

function a() {
  blah;
  blahblah;
}

function b() {
  blahblahblah;
  blahblahblahbalh;
}

script.php:

<?
include 'functions.php';
a();    // this works fine
b();    // this returns "call to undefined function", 
          //but no other error messages
?>

I'm assuming that there are parse errors in function b that keep it from being included, however, before I spend 2 days debugging someone else's system(s), does anyone know if this dog is barking up the right tree?

TIA,

dalecosp

Well, yes, and no......

Somewhere a <? turned into a <
and certain functions were, well,
not PHP anymore, eh?

Sorry to waste your time.

Hopefully someone will see this IF they have similar issues.

Some functions include, some don't....

mahers

Could you try calling the functions from functions.php to check that including the file is not causing the error?

dalecosp

Originally posted by mahers
Could you try calling the functions from functions.php to check that including the file is not causing the error?

If what I understand you saying is correct, the answer is: it depends on which function. A function that just produces a little HTML is one thing, but one that performs a db query with preset input would have required setting up another front end, or turning rg on and creating an obscene looking URL.

It was, as I mentioned, a rather dumb error in the end, but one that produced unusual results due to its nature. Generally, PHP is so wonderful with its error messages that you expect to see a cause when something's not working (at least I find that to be the case most often.) Why it couldn't include some functions, but could others, seemed like it had to be a syntax error issue, but PHP didn't explicitly say so, and I had a rather large chunk of code to read.

I hadn't thought much about the old / .... / trick; that, and a bit of luck, got me onto the problem rather quickly. It'd been rolling around in my head for over a week, though.

Thanks anyhow!!