Re: Function Declared in Included File Not Being Found

On Fri, May 11, 2007 3:43 pm, Chris wrote: > Hello, > > According to the PHP manual on functions (http://www.php.net/manual/ > en/language.functions.php): > > "In PHP 3, functions must be defined before they are referenced. No > such requirement exists since PHP 4. Except when a function is > conditionally defined..." Does moving the require BEFORE the if/else change anything? > If that is true then why does the following not work as I expect? Not sure, really... Seems like you're right, but maybe I'm also missing something. If you take out the 'require' statements, and just put c inside a, does it work? > I expect the result to be "Function was called!" but it actually is > "Function test() does not exist!". Perhaps the if (function_exists()) business is trying to be "smart" and is run because at the time it was compiled, the function didn't exist, so you could define the function there -- which is a much more common idiom than what you are doing, truth to tell... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?