DIE, include(), DIE!

**M. Johansson** · Mar 31, 2001, 06:58

Okay, this problem is stupid, stupid, and dumb, but I just can't figure it out.

index.php:

Code:

$x = "some string";
$y = "another some string";
$z = "a third some string";
include ("header.php");

header.php:

Code:

<HTML> and other stuff
<? echo "$x, $y, $z ?>

For some reason, that echo statement returns NOTHING!!!! This is simply beacuse of the include, and I cannot figure out what the heck is wrong! The variables work both before and after the include, but returns nothing when placed into header.php! Pelase help, before I go debugging-crazy.

**freakysid** · Mar 31, 2001, 07:25

Well I'm pretty new to web programming with PHP - but that's not the way I would do it. I'm not saying its wrong - just that my mind would tackle it differently.

I would probably write a function

Code:

function print_header($x, $y, $z) {
  // do stuff
   echo $x $y $z;
}

and stick that in a file called header.php and call it from my main script.

But anyway, just guessing here but maybe in your file header.php use this:

Code:

<html stuff>
<?
global $x, $y, $z;
echo "$x, $y, $z 
?>

**M. Johansson** · Mar 31, 2001, 07:57

The global() thingy solved it, thanks! Never seen that before - need to look it up later.

heh - I'd better learn PHP from scratch instead of this hard way.

**freakysid** · Mar 31, 2001, 08:03

Nah - the hard way is more satisfying

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