Calling one include's function in another include.

Blocksbox

I have a file like this...

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<?php
include("test2.php");
include("test3.php");
?>

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<?php 
function site_welcome() {
	echo 'Welcome to the site!<br>
';
}
site_welcome();
?>

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<?php site_welcome(); ?>

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Welcome to the site!

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: site_welcome() in test3.php on line 1

(My Question)
How do I go about calling functions from test2 in test3? Is that even possible?

NogDog

Worked OK for me. I copied-and-pasted the code you supplied above into the three files (test1.php, test2.php, and test3.php) then ran test1.php and got the following output:

Welcome to the site!
Welcome to the site!

However, to be on the safe side, I'd probably do the following:

test3.php:

<?php 
include_once "test2.php"; // include needed function if not yet included
site_welcome(); 
?>

Blocksbox

Do you know what setting or permissions I would need changed in order to get mine to work in the same manner it did for you without the addition?

Also, is there is no other way to make one function active for every include? The reason I ask is because I am currently using sessions where the user is logged in, but the file that says "Welcome, username" is in an include that deviates from the original session. Since that makes it unable to read the user, it always results in a "Welcome, Guest" printout.

NogDog

I have know idea why it does not work for you. To shed more light on the problem, I would suggest that you start test1.php with some debugging code, then see if you get any error messages that help you debug the problem

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// ...rest of script...
?>

Blocksbox

Nope, nothing. It didn't give me any error outside of the one that I already mentioned. I posted this exact problem on another forum and they can't get it to run either without including the functions in both scripts.

(BTW, thanks. You've been a great help thus far.)

EDIT: What it seems like it is doing is executing test3.php and THEN adding it to the rest. I want to add it to the rest, and THEN execute.

NogDog

You're not actually including them via a URL rather than a local filesystem path, are you? If so, that would explain the symptoms.