include pw in another app: class conflict "Cannot redeclare class..."

[stefan]

Hello Guys

there is another app (foolish xtmshop) with smarty engine and i include pw inside some smarty functions

example

<?php
require_once '_w/index.php';
function smarty_function_getWireProduct($params, &$smarty)
{
    if( $oProduct = wire('pages')->get('/produkte/' . $smarty->_tpl_vars['PRODUCTS_MODEL'] . '/') ) {
        $smarty->assign('wireProduct', $oProduct);
    }
    return null;
}

few minutes ago i installed the Language Support (german Language pack) and all works fine. But the app also use a class "language" so this run into the "cannot redeclare class language" error.

Any ideas how to prevent this?

Thanks in advance

adios, Stefan

Edit:

Ok. i see... there are a lot of related topics around. But not a quick solution, right? Waiting for namespaces...

Edited March 27, 2013 by stefan

[ryan]

Ok. i see... there are a lot of related topics around. But not a quick solution, right? Waiting for namespaces...

Just to follow up, you are right that namespaces will solve this. And they are coming in 2.4. Otherwise, the only options are to rename one of the classes (and anything referencing that name), or let your applications talk to each other via some other route, like web services. 

[stefan]

Hi Ryan

Just to follow up

i will, definitely. Who wants not follow the revelation of st. P.W. Cramer?

[MadeMyDay]

HA! All of them are joining the new hope Welcome Stefan (oldschool MODX hacker, we had a lot of ideas, among which got developed by him, most of them were dropped because of... well. The system.)

Stefan, gimme a call (friday perhaps when all are eating their rabbits).