PHP not platform-independent???

Anon

Hi, I have a problem with the following code
running on 2 servers:

<?
registerUser();

function registerUser() {
// do something
}
?>

On W2K with IIS everything works fine but
the output on a Linuxserver is:

Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function registerUser() in /home/admin/quiz/Maler/register.php3 on line 20

can anyone help me out?

Anon

The syntax is definately right, try renaming your function to something else and see if it works, it may be conflicting with a built in function. If that doens't work, there may be a problem with your install.

brad.

stoysky

Try with:

<?
function registerUser() {
// do something
}

registerUser();

You must declare your function first and then call it.

Anon

Not true, I use function calls before the functions all the time on a Linux box.

Although, if you are using php3, this may be the case.

brad.

sepodati

yeah, they changed that in PHP4. You can call functions before they are declared.

Most likely the problem is that the two servers are not running the same version of PHP.

It's better programming to declare the functions, then use them.

---John Holmes...

smarlowe

I bet I know what it is. You've likely got a file like this:

Functions.INC

and are referencing it like this:

include "functions.inc";

which will work fine in Windows, and fail in Unix, where capitalization counts.