calling ext. functions in module?

[ncoded]

hi,

 

i have wrote a seperate library file (containing functions) and want to call these functions in a module (product_listing.php).

 

so, i do this:

 

require_once "fnfile.php";

 

then later osc does this, eg allocate a value from an array

 

$p_id = $product['products_id'];

 

however when i call a function from this included file as follows:

 

$cat_link_back_url=product_model_to_cat_name_url($p_id);

 

it fails with this message:

 

Fatal error: Call to undefined function product_model_to_cat_name_url() in /home/xxxxxxxx/public_html/includes/modules/product_listing.php on line 159

 

which basically means the function (in the file) doesn't seem to be visible in product_listing.php, which it is not as it is stored in the library file fnfile.php

 

however i have included (required) the file and hence I would expect the functions to be visible?

 

the library file fnfile.php is the same directory as product_listings.php /includes/modules/fnfile.php

 

so, is there somthing is OSC that I am missing?

 

thanks in advance

[spooks]

Perhaps you have errors in fnfile.php?

 

have you tried using the function immediatly after your require?

 

NB whats wrong with tep_get_product_path ?

[ncoded]

thanks for the reply.

 

the include definitly works as i have tested it outside of osc.

 

the main reason i have wrote this script (rather than try and use an osc function) is for a couple reasons.

 

we are using an commercial seo module and i wasnt sure how that would handle it.

 

additionally, to be honest, i wasnt sure if there were any functions that would do this.

 

in order to get this info, it has to query 3 different tables seperately, and then build up the part-url.

 

 

in reality, i am taking a product_code like hi1132244

 

passing it to this function (which calls many other functions in this library) and out comes:

 

/tables-24/pine-tables-435/ so i can setup a link back into that category.

 

the main reason that i havent tested straight away afterwards is because i need osc to extract out the product_model first and that happens later in the code.

 

 

what i think i will do is write the most basic include file i can do and then try included this, hopefully this will point me in the right direction.