Order of execution

joad

If you have a page where you are getting a php include from another page, is there any way of setting it somewhere, so that a certain part of that php gets executed before the others please ?

Horizon88

You'd have to structure the flow of the code with control structures like if/else/switch, or break them out into classes/objects and call them in the order you want. There really isn't anything like "GOTO 10" in PHP. What exactly are you trying to do?

joad

Many thanks for the quick response, how would you call them in the order you want?

Jack_McSlay

if there's some code you want to execute through an include, except you need to execute it later, isn't it easier to just call the include where the code is supposed to be executed?

NogDog

When you include a file, it is as if the source code in that file were inserted into the calling script's source code at the point where it is included. There is no way to change how that included code is processed other than actually changing the code in the include file.

One approach might be to modify the include file so that the different portions are defined as functions. Then you can include it wherever you want in the main script, then call each function as needed.

include.php:

<?php
function a()
{
   echo "This is function a().";
}
function b()
{
   echo "This is function b().";
}

main.php:

<?php
require_once 'include.php';
// do some stuff, then...
a();
// do some more stuff, then...
b();
?>

Horizon88

Like I said, it really depends on what you're trying to do. Could you post some code, or give us an idea of what you're trying to do?