Re: Silly question - include vs. eval

Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 13:20 -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: >>> Robert Cummings wrote: >>>> On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 12:19 -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: >>>>> Sándor Tamás (HostWare Kft . ) wrote: >>>>>> Yes, Rob is right. My original question is about the difference between >>>>>> the processing of a file-based site with include() OR eval(). In that >>>>>> case, if I understood it correctly, the results are the same. >>>>>> >>>>>> But! If the included pages contain functions, classes, etc. With eval(), >>>>>> can I use them? With include(), I know I should be able to use them. But >>>>>> in some mysterious cases I don't have access to a function. If I cut >>>>>> out >>>>>> from the included file, and put in on the file which includes that, just >>>>>> before (or after) the includ(), I don't have any problem with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> The next step, that if I include a file in a function, can I use the >>>>>> functions wrote in the included file? >>>>>> As I know, include just makes a copy-paste, so if I use it IN a >>>>>> function, then all function will be in function scope, am I right? >>>>> Yes, if you use an include inside a function, then any functions / non >>>>> global vars in the included file will only be available inside the >>>>> including function. >>>> This is NOT, I repeat, NOT true for functions. Functions are ALWAYS >>>> global. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Rob. >>> Yes, I was too hasty. The nested function will only be defined once the >>> nesting function has been called. Then it will be available globally. >> Actually, you're wrong again. The nested function, AKA function defined >> in the included source, will be defined as soon as the source is >> included and is available to the function in which the source was >> included. In fact it is even available to the code within the included >> source that can be run during the include process and before the >> function performing the inclusion regains control. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob. > > Well I used the word defined, however what I meant was the included > function would only be available globally after the including function > has been called. But yes, it will be available to the including function. > Actually, which would mean that the including function had been called if it was attempting to use any of the vars/functions in the included file :-) -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com