Re: note 95727 rejected and deleted from functions.user-defined by notes editor danbrown

I accept the decision but please note this was not a question or bug, merely attempt at clarifying what is stated in the manual. Just google for 'Cannot redeclare' and you will see that many people are confused about this, and I would wager that invalid use nested functions that are called repeatedly are a good part of the problem. :-) On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 10:53 PM, <php-notes@lists.php.net> wrote: > You are receiving this email because your note posted > to the online PHP manual has been removed by one of the editors. > > Read the following paragraphs carefully, because they contain > pointers to resources better suited for requesting support or > reporting bugs, none of which are to be included in manual notes > because there are mechanisms and groups in place to deal with > those issues. > > The user contributed notes are not an appropriate place to > ask questions, report bugs or suggest new features; please > use the resources listed on <http://php.net/support> > for those purposes. This was clearly stated in the page > you used to submit your note, please carefully re-read > those instructions before submitting future contributions. > > Bug submissions and feature requests should be entered at > <http://bugs.php.net/>. For documentation errors use the > bug system, and classify the bug as "Documentation problem". > Support and ways to find answers to your questions can be found > at <http://php.net/support>. > > Your note has been removed from the online manual. > > ----- Copy of your note below ----- > > Note that in example #3 above you cannot call foo() again after the first > time as the error "Fatal error: Cannot redeclare bar() (previously declared > in test.php:10) in test.php on line 10" will result, which really calls into > question the idea of having functions within functions since there is no > local scope for these, as stated above. >