Adding a Personal Code Library?

Centurion

I have developed some functions for my site that I find myself reusing quite a bit. Up to now, I have copied and pasted these functions into each page. But surely there is some way to create a personal code library.

I've even seen reference by others on the boards who have mentioned their personal library.

Here's my question...
How do I create one? Is it just a php file? like my_lib.php?

Can I simply include this file in my code... include('my_lib.php');

How do I think call functions from it?

Thanks in advance for such a basic question. I've searched and can't seem to find this simple answer.
Centurion

drew010

right, you just put the code in the file, and include it, then all the functions are available to call, and any variables defined in it are accessable after the include.

inc.php

<?php

function my_echo($name, $content)
{
  echo "$name says: $content<br />\n";
}

?>

<?php

include "inc.php";

my_echo("drew010", "This does call the function from lib.php");

?>

planetsim

There is no one way to do it, it comes down to personal choice on how you want to name and include your code library files. I tend to only use Classes and put them into a lib directory. However there are at times I want to use some functions so putting them into an appropriate file if there is one in the application usually suffices. Like I said there is no one way to do it, this is just one of many to do it and you'll find that who ever else replies to this thread will be different to mine.