function to convert SMF URLs for Joomla/Mambo?

[kai920]

Orstio,

1. Is there a function in your bridge that we can call to convert URLs from SMF to J/M?

2. I tried to re-use some code from your bridge, and added this function in the SMF modules:

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function sefUrl($url, $sef=0)
{
        // string sefUrl( string $url, int $sef )
        $nqsefurl = substr($url, 0, strpos($url, 'option')) . str_replace("?", "", substr($url, strpos($url, 'option')));
          $nqsefurl = substr($nqsefurl, 0, strpos($nqsefurl, 'option')) . preg_replace('/(\;)([^=#]*)([\;#"])/', '$1$2=$2$3', substr($nqsefurl, strpos($nqsefurl, 'option'), strlen($nqsefurl)));
          if ($sef == '0') {
              // return non-SEF URL
              return $nqsefurl;
          } else {
              $sefurl = sefReltoAbs(substr($nqsefurl,strpos($nqsefurl, 'index')));
            $sefurl = str_replace(";", "/", $sefurl);
            $sefurl = str_replace("/#", "#", $sefurl);
            return $sefurl;
        }
}

However, this is obviously going to give me a "cannot redeclare function" error message if I have multiple modules calling this same function.  This error makes sense to me, but my question is this:

3. What is the best practice with regards to handling a function that multiple modules might use? Should I move it into its own file and call it through a require_once?