Re: undefined function error with lost password script

On 23/03/06, Mark <neretlis@westnet.com.au> wrote: > Can anyone see a problem with this at a glance. I think i have pushed my > luck with this forum ( inc. Chris)of late but i paid a lot of money for this > script and it has a few bugs. > > THis is what i get returned--- > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: recover_pw() in > /home/realt905/public_html/lost_pw.php on line 70 > > where line 70 is : recover_pw($_POST['email_address']); > > > ******************************** > <?php > include("connect.php"); > > if (isset($_POST['Submit'])) { > > [...] > recover_pw($_POST['email_address']); > > function recover_pw($email_address){ > [...] > } Normally it doesn't matter if you define a function before or after you use it., but you're defining the function conditionally - if $_POST['Submit'] isn't set then recover_pw() will not be defined. In that case you have to make sure it's defined before it's used. The manual tells you that. http://au.php.net/manual/en/language.functions.php The solution is to take the function definition out if the if-block. -robin