Fatal Error : Cannot redeclare function ( when functions are own page)

[justin7410]

Hey there guys !

 

so i have finally finished my register log-in page , and with that i have created a couple functions pages , as i am sure you can assume all the functions for logic will be called from these pages.

 

now i have one called users , i.e for login , registration , check if active, etc..

 

and i have one for more general functions page called general , i.e for redirects, and input sanitation.

 

anyway my register login page works flawless ( well i guess more 90 % done 90 % left to go ).

 

and now when im on the index page or my main page essentially i now see a fatal error:

 

Fatal error: Cannot redeclare email() (previously declared in /home/justin/public_html/core/functions/general.php:2) in /home/justin/public_html/core/functions/general.php on line 4

 

now i see that it is telling me exactly where the error is , yet i dont understand as to why i am seeing this .

 

im not quite sure as to how the function is being declared already , when the function is only being called once or twice on the register page.

 

just to show you guys what im talking about

 

my code:

 

 

general.php ( FUNCTIONS ARE STORED)

function email($to, $subject, $body){mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: support@j.m.com');
}
function email_to_activate($to, $subject, $body){
mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: activate@j.m.com');
}
function email_user_for_recovery($to, $subject, $body){
mail($to, $subject, $body, 'From: recovery@j.m.com');
}


function logged_in_redirect(){
if (logged_in() === true ) 
header("Location: index.php");
} 


function protect_page() { // redirects if user is not logged in .. user gets no access page
if (logged_in() === false ) {
header('Location: no_permission.php');
exit();
}
}

function admin_access() {
global $user_data;
if (has_access($user_data['user_id'], 1) === false) {
header('Location: index.php');
exit();
}


}


function page_redirect() {   // if user not logged in redirect goes to index page
if (logged_in() === false ) {
header('Location: index.php');
exit();
}
}


function redirect(){  // redirects regardless of logged in or not
header('Location: index.php');
exit();
}


function array_sanitize(&$item){
$items = strip_tags(htmlentities(mysql_real_escape_string($item)));


}


function sanitize($data) {
return strip_tags(htmlentities(mysql_real_escape_string($data)));
}


function output_errors($errors){
$output = array();
foreach($errors as $error){
$output[] =  $error ;
}
return '<ul>' . implode($output) . '</ul>';
}

and index.php 

 

 

 

// CORE FUNCTIONS - DATABASE CONNECT - SESSIONS & COOKIES

include('include/init.php');

// HEADER INFO - META TAGS - LINKS - SCRIPTS

include('include/header.php');

// LOG USER IN
 if (logged_in() === true){
include ('include/widgets/loggedin.php');
 } else {
include('include/widgets/login.php');
 }



 // WEBSITE LOGO
include('include/logo_head.php');


// NAVIGATION BAR
include('include/navbar.php');


// MAIN PAGE

include('include/topbanner.php'); 
include('include/topbanner2.php'); 

                                    <----- Error shows up here and cuts off the rest of the page.
include('include/mainbody.php'); 



// FOOTER
include('include/footer.php');

as i  mention in the code above, the page spits about half the output then cuts off and displays that error message. This confuses me a bit more actually.

 

any suggestions as to why this is happening ? 

 

EDIT : to add init.php ( CORE FILE )

 

 

if(!isset($_SESSION))
{
session_start();
}


 error_reporting(E_ALL| E_STRICT);
 ini_set('display_errors', 1);


require ('core/database/dbconnect.php');
require ('core/functions/general.php');
require ('core/functions/users.php');
require 'core/queries/dbqueries.php';




$current_file = explode('/', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
$current_file = end($current_file);






if (logged_in() === true) {
$session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id'];
$user_data = user_data($session_user_id, 'user_id', 'username', 'password', 'email', 'gender', 'country', 'month' ,'date' , 'year', 'pass_recover', 'type');
if (user_active($user_data['username']) === false){
session_destroy();
header('Location: index.php');
exit();
}
if($current_file !== 'change_password.php' && $current_file !== 'logout.php' && $user_data['pass_recover'] == 1 ){
header('Location: change_password.php?force');
exit();
}
}


$errors = array();

Edited April 17, 2013 by justin7410

[Jessica]

Change all of your include( to require_once(

[justin7410]

you ms jessica are the queen !

 

thanks for that simple yet verry helpful answer

 

i should of guessed it was something like that !

 

but regardless 

 

much rep for u