PHP: including 2 same php files in 1 page

Question

i have a code

<div class="b4_content">
    <div class="col_left3 FloatLeft">
        <h3>Clients / Projects</h3>
        <div id="left_menu" class="left_menu">
          <?php
            require("admin/Connection/connection.php");
            require("admin/functions/functions.php");
            $toplvl=0;
            /* 1st include of linkCategory.php */
            include "admin/functions/linkCategory.php";
          ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="col_right3 FloatRight ">
        <div class="cright_padd">
          <?php
            $uploader="admin/";
            $catID = $_GET['catID'];                    
            if($catID==""){
                $toplvl=2;
                /* 2nd include of linkCategory.php */
                include "admin/functions/linkCategory.php";
            } else {
                $toplvl=0;
                include "admin/functions/viewImages.php";
            }
          ?>
        </div>
    </div>
    <div class="ClearBoth"></div>
</div>

As you can see i have 2 includes (admin/functions/linkCategory.php) with same pages My Problem is, the second include "admin/functions/linkCategory.php" does not show up.

Can you help me out

well i nid the same page. il just need to show level 1 and 2 of the category list. my indicator for that is $toplvl — Treby, Nov 16 '09 at 07:28
Are you sure you are getting inside the conditional block to include it a second time? Try putting an echo "in here" after $toplvl=2; to make sure you are definitely hitting the include — Ian, Nov 16 '09 at 07:29
BTW: if i commented the first include. the second include shows up.. — Treby, Nov 16 '09 at 07:32
You don't have any functions, classes, or constants declared in `linkCategory.php`, do you? If you do... PHP will throw an error and cause your script to halt when it's included for the second time. — brianreavis, Nov 16 '09 at 07:39
@Treby: also put an echo at top of 'linkCategory.php'. If it echoes twice, you know it's not the include that's failing. — outis, Nov 16 '09 at 07:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 16 '09 at 08:05

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I guess $toplvl is a flag that's used within "admin/functions/linkCategory.php" to do different things. So, maybe the error isn't in this chunk, but in linkCategory.php itself.

edited Nov 16 '09 at 08:05

jason

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answered Nov 16 '09 at 07:32

Man your right.. nice guess.. i had a function in linkCategory.php, calling it twice will duplicate the created function. Thanks man. your thought helps. – Treby Nov 16 '09 at 07:38
That's the reason why I asked you to post linkCategory.php. :-) I gave +1 to Scott! – Nov 16 '09 at 07:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '09 at 07:26

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My guess is that $catID is NOT equal to the empty string.

And btw, bolding doesn't work inside code blocks (if that's what you were trying to do).

answered Nov 16 '09 at 07:26

mpen

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It is an empty string. coz i tried echoing inside the condition – Treby Nov 16 '09 at 07:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '09 at 07:44

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As an alternative, wrap whatever linkCategory.php outputs in a function. Include linkCategory.php once and replace the includes with a call to the function.

answered Nov 16 '09 at 07:44

outis

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 16 '09 at 08:02

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if the problem still persists, you could set error reporting to show all and see if there's any output

answered Nov 16 '09 at 08:02

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PHP: including 2 same php files in 1 page

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