Using include files in class definitions

[minorgod]

In PHP4.4.3 I'm trying to figure out how or if I can use some "include" files in my class definitions. I would like to use an include for all my config variables for a class, but I get errors every time I try to use an "include" or "require" statement at the beginning of my class (before the constructor). I can apparently use an include file inside my constructor, so that works for variables, but I also want to include files that include function definitions for the actual methods of the class and this does not seem possible if I can't use an include statement outside a function definition. It seems like I sholuld just be able to drop a file with a bunch of functions in it anywhere after the constructor, but I just get errors. Anyone know if there's a way to do it or is this just not possible inside classes? Could I define methods inside the constructor itself?

[NogDog]

Probably the config variables should be in a class of their own. Then you could include that file before you start your your class definition, and make it extend the configuration class.

Config.php:

<?php
class Config
{
  var $item1 = "foo";
  var $item2 = "bar";
}
?>

MyClass.php:

<?php
// load Config class definition:
require_once "Config.php";

// define new class extending Config class:
class MyClass.php extends Config
{
  function MyClass()
  {
    // attributes inherited from Config class should now be available:
    echo $this->item1 . $this->item2;
  }
}
?>

[Weedpacket]

As noted in the documentation, noted in the documentation that

Warning
You can NOT break up a class definition into multiple files.

Not 100% sure why, and if I tried to explain why I do think it is I'll probably just get both of us confused, but it really shouldn't be necessary anyway; as NogDog has already pointed out, there is plenty of facility for extending base classes with different functionality and overriding existing methods as it is.