Re: BC problem

This has already been discussed at great length in another thread. I believe it was decided to put it all back like it was for now and decide on a better solution later. Brian. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Fischer" <mfischer@guru.josefine.at> To: <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: [PHP-DEV] BC problem > A small example which shows that BC seems to be broken for a > certain (but not uncommon) case: > > cat include_me.php > <? > if (!defined('I_AM_INCLUDED')) { > define('I_AM_INCLUDED', 1); > } else { > echo "returning<br>\n"; > return; > } > > function cant_be_redefined() { > } > ?> > > cat include_it.php > <? > echo "1<br>\n"; > include 'include_me.php'; > echo "2<br>\n"; > include 'include_me.php'; > echo "3<br>\n"; > ?> > > Now run include_it.php (it doesn't matter if its CGI or > module): > > On PHP 4.0.4pl1 up to 4.0.6 this gives: > 1<br> > 2<br> > returning<br> > 3<br> > > But now I get: > 1<br> > 2<br> > <br /> > Fatal error - Cannot redeclare cant_be_redefined() > (previously declared in include_me.php:9) > > [I shortened the error message to be more readable] > > > If this is 'now the way it is' this should be mentioned > somewhere very clearly I think. Doesn't seem to be fixable in > some way? Couldn't find a reference to it e.g. in the NEWS > file. > > > I know that there should be used include_once() but > I'm talking about existing code writing that way which > definitely won't work without modifications. > > - Markus > > ps: thanks to Jan for verifying this! > > -- > Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists. > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > >