need help with error message

[mikewooten]

i'm working with regular expressions and when i go to update the page, it give me this message. how can i fix this so that i don't get this message

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare datecheck() (previously declared

any ideas?
thanks

[devinemke]

once a function is declared it cannot be redeclared. sounds like you are redeclaring datecheck() via an include or a loop somewhere.

[mikewooten]

i'm only declaring it once, why would it say that i am redeclaring it?

any ideas?
thanks

[devinemke]

post the code

[mikewooten]

heres the code i'm working with

function datecheck($intext) {
$theresults = ereg("([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{4})", $intext, $trashed);
if ($theresults) { $isamatch = ""; } else { $isamatch = "No - NOT A MATCH"; }

echo("\"$intext\" $isamatch<br>\n");
}

datecheck($expire);

thanks

[devinemke]

the error message should tell exactly where datecheck() was previously declared. Fatal error: Cannot redeclare datecheck() (previously declared ???...

[mikewooten]

heres the error message i'm getting

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare datecheck() (previously declared in /home/username/public_html/php_cart/thanks2.php:253) in /home/username/public_html/php_cart/thanks2.php on line 253

[mikewooten]

the error message refers to the datecheck() function, but where am i redeclaring it when i am only declaring it once? and how can this be fixed?

thanks

[devinemke]

the only way that I know of that you could produce that error is by having a script include() itself. For example if the file is called "file.php" and you have a line inside that file like:

include("file.php");

that's how you could have the redeclare error call the same file/line#

[mikewooten]

i don't have the file including itself. i have another include statement calling another page, but not the same page

thanks