Re: Ques: Conflicting functions in two include files.

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 12:02, Chris Shiflett wrote: > --- Al <news@ridersite.org> wrote: > > I have a page that calls functions from two different include files. > > Unfortunately, some of the functions have the same name; but are > > slightly different. > > > > I know I can change the names of the conflicting functions; but, that > > is a bit of a chore. > > I think this is exactly what you'll have to do. This is a direct result of > the lack of namespacing in PHP, which is one of the valid complaints > against it, although it does help to keep the syntax a bit simpler. IMHO encapsulating functions in objects provides decent namespacing functionality. I can't really see a large need beyond what classes provide. True that then there's still an issue with class names, but that's less frequent a collision. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'