[SOLVED] Strange issue with functions?

[Solarpitch]

Hey,

 

I generally set up a page called "database.php" which has all my database functions. When I started to write a new application this morning, I set one up but noting was being called from the database.php file. So I stripped everything down to this basic example and I still cant get it to work

 

<?php

//### database.php

function get_select(){

$select = "Test";
return $select;
}

//### test.php

include("database/database.php");

echo get_select();

?>

 

The page will just crash as soon as it hits the get_select() function. You can see how basic this is and it still wont retrieve from the database file. I tried to put error_reporting(E_ALL); but noting happens.

[RichardRotterdam]

If that is the code that makes the script crash on some sort of way then it must be the database/database.php script

ther is nothing wrong with the function

[Solarpitch]

I know, the code seems perfect but at the moment... thats the only function I have in the database.php file! No other code could be breaking this apart from what you see there.

 

I dont even thinks it's something stupid at this stage because I's of well noticed it by now

[asmith]

What do you mean by "crashes"?  Browser closes?  it gives error?

 

be more clear please.

[Solarpitch]

Sorry asmith... what I mean by that is, anything after the function will not display. The page will simply get to the function and stop executing.

 

For example...

<?php

echo "Step 1";

echo get_select();

echo "Step 2";

?>

 

If I do this, Step 1 will print to screen but it wont get to Step 2

[asmith]

does it prints the "Test" on the page too?

 

If not,

 

If you remove the echo get_select(); , it will print "Step 2" ?

 

If you remove

include("database/database.php");

 

will you get 

 

Step 1

Test

Step2

 

?

 

 

[Solarpitch]

I just got off the phone to my host. Problem was, there was a change made on the .htaccess file yesterday so we could manage directory paths the way we wanted with a framework we are using.

 

I asked them to remove the rule and now the functions are working again. Weird tho, not sure why that would have had an effect on my functions.

 

PHP can be a mystery sometimes  ... thanks for the help