Re: [PHP4BETA] Bug: Isn´t it possible to use require /include to add methods to classes????

| Hi, | | I tried to require/include (tried both) a file containg a simple | function, which will be used in many different scripts/functions. | This functions extends in this case several classes by an unique method, | they all can use. I found out that it´s even uninteresting if the file | really exists or not. No "file not found" error is thrown. Requiring | from the main script, outside any classes works and if a file isn´t | existent an error occurs. | | I got this error: | | Parse error: parse error, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION' or T_FUNCTION' or | T_VAR' or '}'' in class.db.php on line 98 Are you trying to do something like this: class X { include "etc.php"; } Please keep this in mind that a class {} is not function {}. The error says it pretty clear that it would expect a variable declaration, an 'old_function' definition or a 'function' or simply a '}' which ends the class. A possible workaround is that you remove the <? and ?> tags from your 'include'd or 'require'd file, and do something like this: <? $x = join ( '' , "etc.php" ); eval ( ' class X { ' . $x . ' function another_new_function () { $this -> etc (); // $ doesn't need escaping! // etc } } ' ); Intead of this, you better modify the overall design and pack your class in a file and include()/require() it from the global scope/function. Enjoy! Faisal