I am very new to PHP programming. I am trying to write this custom php code in Drupal and seeing this weird behavior. Basically I have two php files which users can hit and the first php file is showing output from the second one. I am not including (include) the second file in the first one.
Home.php - The first file (outputs 'why am i executing' at the end)
<?php include 'HomeView.BL.inc';
//Other links to access second file
?>
HomeView.BL.inc
<?php
include 'db.inc';
include 'dao.inc'; - has a class called IDA_Map
?>
FacultyInternshipDetail.php - The second file
<?php
include 'InternshipDetailView.BL.inc';
?>
InternshipDetailView.BL.inc
<?php
echo "why am i executing";
include 'db.inc';
include 'dao.inc';
?>
Apart from the output from the second file, I am also seeing this error - Cannot redeclare class IDA_Map.
I have read in other posts about 'include_once' but didn't expect re-declaration error since the class (IDA_Map) is declared once per request.
Thank you.