Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/29/07 18:42

howa wrote:
>>> you 'll have problems if you call the function twice.
> On 9 29 , 9 10 , Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> howa wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I have a function, e.g.
>>> function foo() {
>>> include("bar.php");
>>> }
>>> and the bar.php contain contents e.g.
>>> $global_v1 = "abc";
>>> $global_v2 = "def";
>>> I want to execute function foo(), but at the same time, let the
>>> variables declared in bar.php to have global scopem is it possible?
>>> Thanks.
>> You should not have an include within a function call. Among other
>> things, you 'll have problems if you call the function twice.
>>
>> Actually, globals are bad things to use, anyway.
>>
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>
>
> this can be solved by using include_once.
>
> the reason of using function call to include is we want to selectively
> include the needed files, prevent include useless files (i.e. factory
> method?)
>
>

(Top posting fixed)

It isn't that much overhead to include an extra file or two. But if you
do that a lot, perhaps you should examine your methods.

And please don't top post. Thanks.

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