Re: Calling a file as a function

Thank you very much! You are correct, doing $a = 'Hello world'; $b = 2; include( 'foo.php' ); produce exactely the results I'm after :-) I see now that adding code to php to be able to call the file as a function would just be bloat. Best regards, Jesper Juhl juhl@eisenstein.dk >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oprindelig meddelelse >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Den 8/30/00, 6:05:21 AM, skrev php4@developersdesk.com til emnet Re: [PHP-DEV] Calling a file as a function: > Addressed to: Jesper Juhl <juhl@eisenstein.dk> > php-dev@lists.php.net > ** Reply to note from Jesper Juhl <juhl@eisenstein.dk> Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:19:00 GMT > > > > This may seem like a silly thing, but I think it would be nice to be > > able to call a file as if it was a function. > I don't think it is needed, as you can already do most anything you want > already. > > > > Lets say I have a file foo.php that I include as a footer in many of > > my documents. If I would like this file to do some conditional stuff > > based on what file includes it, that would be difficult to do since I > > cannot pass variables with include(). But if I could call the file > > as if it were a function, and could pass a variable to it like > > > > foo.php( a = "Hello world", b = 2); > > > > In foo.php two global variables ($a and $b) should then be available > > with the values "Hello world" and 2. > If you do this: > $a = 'Hello world'; > $b = 2; > include( 'foo.php' ); > $a and $b have the expected values anywhere inside foo.php that is NOT > in a function(); If you are inside a function() definition you will > need to use a global statement to make the values visible, just like > if you were not in an include. > > Are there any plans to do a thing like this (or is there some obvious > > way to do the above that I have missed?). > > > You can also get to all of the variables listed in phpinfo() from > within the included file, so you might be able to use one of those to > determine where you are being called from. > Rick Widmer > Internet Marketing Specialists > http://www.developersdesk.com