Include multiple php scrips

Question

I´m using on my called page two php scripts (avatar.php and items.php). In both of the php datas i have another scripts included like that:

include "../site/api-oauth-master/Client.php"; // 
include "../site/api-oauth-master/GrantType/IGrantType.php"; 
include "../site/api-oauth-master/GrantType/AuthorizationCode.php";

I get now the error:

Fatal error: Cannot declare class OAuth2\Client, because the name is already in use in /www/htdocs/xxxx/site/api-oauth-master/Client.php on line 32

The line 32 of Client.php is:

class Client
{
    /**
     * Different AUTH method
     */
    const AUTH_TYPE_URI                 = 0;
    const AUTH_TYPE_AUTHORIZATION_BASIC = 1;
    const AUTH_TYPE_FORM                = 2;

Obviusly the problem comes because the Client.php script gets included two times. I thought with "include" this shouldn´t be a problem. Any tips how the scripts can inluded two times on the same page?

With include you somply take the content of a file and place it in the file where you included it. So you basically have two times declared the class Client -> Yourthought it would work with "include" are wrong. include is noething else than taking the content of a file and place it there where you included it. Like a copy paste. Try to replace `include()` by `require_once()` and it should work I guess. — Twinfriends, Feb 27 '18 at 12:31
Possible duplicate of [Difference between require, include and require\_once?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2418473/difference-between-require-include-and-require-once) — IsThisJavascript, Feb 27 '18 at 12:36

Rashid Aliev · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-27T12:41:36.793

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Use include_once or require_once.

include_once "../site/api-oauth-master/Client.php"; //

include_once "../site/api-oauth-master/GrantType/IGrantType.php";

include_once"../site/api-oauth-master/GrantType/AuthorizationCode.php";

http://php.net/manual/en/function.include-once.php

edited Feb 27 '18 at 12:41

answered Feb 27 '18 at 12:34

Rashid Aliev

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Please, edit your question by either adding links to docs, citing them or both and explaining why your solution works. – lolbas Feb 27 '18 at 12:36
I tried it with require_once() and include_once and I still get the same error. – Kelster Feb 27 '18 at 12:42
Now it works, sorry had some brackets after include_once. Thanks. – Kelster Feb 27 '18 at 12:57

Include multiple php scrips

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