How to call a php function from another php file

Question

I have two php files, one index.php

<?php
    include ‘Play.php’;
    $temp = first(HH);
    echo $temp;
?>

second Play.php

<?php
    function first($string)
    { 
            return $string;  
    }
?>

if i remove $temp = first(HH); from the first file then it works, if i include it, the index.php don't work (don't show anything on the screen when i call it within safari.

I know its going to be obvious but what am i doing wrong? Both files are in the same file directory.

Thanks

Set error_reporting and display_errors so you see what you are doing wrong. And quote 'HH' — tlenss
– tlenss, Commented Aug 15, 2014 at 11:46
Ah, yet another code with funky quotes ‘ ’. "Beautiful, yet deadly." — Funk Forty Niner
– Funk Forty Niner, Commented Aug 15, 2014 at 12:41

Funk Forty Niner · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-15 12:46:53Z

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Use the right kind of quotes around your string for the include. " or ' not ‘ and ’.

The use of typographic quotes like that suggests you may be trying to write code with a word processor. Don't do that; get a text or code editor instead.

edited Aug 15, 2014 at 12:46

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Display Name Over a year ago

and thats why working in early hours is never a good thing, can't believe i missed that thanks

Utkarsh Dixit · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-15 12:25:44Z

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Your function is right but the way you are calling your function is not correct.And the way you are including the file is incorrect. You should include your file in quotes like "" or '' . You have to enclose the string in quotes "". Use the code below in index.php

<?php
    include 'Play.php';
    $temp = first("HH");
    echo $temp;
?>

I hope this helps you

edited Aug 15, 2014 at 12:25

answered Aug 15, 2014 at 11:51

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Eeji Over a year ago

the quote marks in the include are still wrong in this example, they need to be single or double, not back ticks

Utkarsh Dixit Over a year ago

Oh sorry i did it by mistake

Basit · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-15 12:30:52Z

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include expects double quotes " so change that in, your code and it should work. include "Play.php";

answered Aug 15, 2014 at 12:30

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Zahid Ali · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-15 11:53:12Z

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Kindly change $temp = first(HH); to $temp = first("HH");

its is because your function tack string as a parameter you should send a string

answered Aug 15, 2014 at 11:53

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