Run multiple scripts from a single script

Question

I have a script which generates an RSS feed, I call the script from cron and it generates an XML file.

What I would like to do is write a single script that I can call from cron, but that script in turn calls multiple scripts which generates multiple RSS feeds.

I tried doing:

<?php
  include('delicious-tags.php');
  include('delicious-user.php');    
?>

But I get the error:

<b>Fatal error</b>:  Cannot redeclare file_get_html() (previously declared in /home/danvelox/public_html/simple_html_dom.php:65) in <b>/home/public_html/simple_html_dom.php</b> on line <b>80</b><br />

Any ideas?

kapa · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07 20:39:15Z

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Change every instance of including/requiring simple_html_dom to include_once / require_once.

This will keep PHP from trying to re-include the whole library and attempting to redefine all the functions.

edited Apr 7, 2012 at 20:39

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sg3s · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07 20:37:25Z

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It seems the same function is defined in both files. PHP doesn't like it when this happens.

If the function does the same thing move it to a seperate file.

If this function is declared in other files included by the files you are including it means there is a flaw in your including structure. While you could just use include_once or require_once it really means that you should probably move the inclusion of the library files to a higher level file so they don't collide in the first place.

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Norse · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-07 20:38:42Z

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Use exec.

exec("php-cli delicious-tags.php");
exec("php-cli delicious-user.php");

answered Apr 7, 2012 at 20:38

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Shikiryu Over a year ago

If it's a cron, it's already using PHP CLI (at least, it should)

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