Re: Error: Can't redeclare already declared function (PHP 3.0.15)

I had the same type of problem. ( i think) I had one main page (say index.php) that had a bare bones html page. No functions or anything. Then i had separate pages that would be included only if i was using them (like, say, a category.php for displaying categories, then products.php for showing products.) I had a function called printlist(); that would create a drop down menu with categories/subcategories; this was in both category.php and products.php. Niether of those files were included at the same time though, and it'd give me the redeclare error... what i did was rename the function in each file (like for category.php, rename it to printlist1(); and then in products.php rename it to printlist2();... this is a quick fix). Let me know if this was any help :) -- Jason Wood Chief Technology Officer Expressive Tek, Inc. 407 Kehrs Mill Road Ballwin, MO 63011 Phone 636.256.1362 www.expressivetek.com "Patrick Dunford" <dunfordsoft@clear.net.nz> wrote in message news:001501c15e27$1a738b80$bd84a7cb@patricks... > I have a script (let's call it a.php3) that brings in another script b.php3 > with the include or require call. > > In script b.php3 there is an include or require call to bring in script > c.php3. > > Script a.php3 after making one and only one include (the include is not > repeated anywhere in a.php3) then calls a function x which is defined in > script b.php3. > > The first time the function is called it executes without any problems. The > second time in which it is called, in exactly the same way, with the same > parameters, it errors with the message > Can't redeclare already declared function in c.php3 at line <the last line > of the first function declaration in c.php3> > > The function is not actually named in the error message. This is the code > block in c.php3 which the error occurs: > > <top of file> > <?php > > function getDirNames($sourceDir,$includeBase) > { > global $pathList; > > function findAllDirsInDir($sourceDir) > { > global $pathList; > $dirHandle=opendir($sourceDir); > while (($subDir=readdir($dirHandle))!=false) > { > if (is_dir($sourceDir."/".$subDir)) > { > if ($subDir != "." && $subDir != "..") > { > $dirList[] = $sourceDir."/".$subDir; > $pathList[] = $sourceDir."/".$subDir; > } > } > } > closedir($dirHandle); > return $dirList; > }; <<error occurs here>> > > function buildDirList($sourceDir,$recurse) > { > $subDirList=findAllDirsInDir($sourceDir); > if (count($subDirList) != 0) > $recurse=true; > else > $recurse=false; > for($i=0; $i<count($subDirList);$i++) > { > $currentSubDir=$subDirList[$i]; > if ($recurse==true) > buildDirList($currentSubDir,$recurse); > } > } > > buildDirList($sourceDir,true); > if ($includeBase == TRUE) > $pathList[] = $sourceDir; > return $pathList; > } > > There are no multiple calls to include or require: > > * a.php3 which is the script that calls the function several times to output > data, contains only one call to include() that is not inside any kind of > loop. It is called once just before the first function call. > > *b.php3 which is the script that is included by a.php3. It includes c.php3 > ONCE ONLY, NOT IN A LOOP. > > *c.php3 which is the script in which the error is occurring. > > Debugging b.php3 shows that the error message is thrown when execution > reaches the line in which the function from c.php3 is called. Therefore I > surmise that the error message is ambiguous. > >