I have a special page that I'm writing that uses a common php file that
I used in an extension I previously developed. Since I want these two
to be independent, I have the common file in each of the extension
directories.
I use require_once() to load the file (it's not a class but a few
functions) but, since the two files are in two different directories,
the require_once() doesn't detect that it's already loaded (it checks
both path and file to determine a match). Hence, I get a redefinition
error.
Since it's not a class, I don't use $wgAutoloadClasses. I'm avoiding
making the functions part of an otherwise empty class, since I don't
want to use the class::function() syntax. I could put them in a class
file that contains an empty class and instantiate it just to load the
file, but I was wondering if there is another, commonly accepted way to
avoid this problem?
Mike