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<h1 class="refname">classkit_import</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL classkit >= 0.3)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">classkit_import</span> — <span class="dc-title">Import new class method definitions from a file</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.classkit-import-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>classkit_import</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$filename</code></span>
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <span class="simpara">This function cannot
be used to manipulate the currently running (or chained) method.</span>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This function is
<em class="emphasis">EXPERIMENTAL</em>. The behaviour of this function, its name, and
surrounding documentation may change without notice in a future release of PHP.
This function should be used at your own risk.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.classkit-import-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">filename</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The filename of the class method definitions to import
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.classkit-import-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Associative array of imported methods
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.classkit-import-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>classkit_import()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// file: newclass.php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Example </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> return </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar!\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// requires newclass.php (see above)<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Example </span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">() {<br /> return </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo!\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Example</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output original<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// import replacement method<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">classkit_import</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'newclass.php'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// output imported<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
foo!
bar!
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.classkit-import-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.classkit-method-add.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">classkit_method_add()</a> - Dynamically adds a new method to a given class</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.classkit-method-copy.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">classkit_method_copy()</a> - Copies a method from class to another</span></li>
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