Re: Local to Global Variables

guessing here, but have you tried to use include'filename.txt' in your if statement? "Eat Pasta Type Fasta" <php@finalbanana.com> wrote in message news:200204110808.g3B88hl27358@host16.the-web-host.com... > Not 100% DB related but soon > > I am processing a text file by looking for strings which later depending > on the findings will be submitted to db > > my problems is that in one if statemant I find a piece of text and need > another statment to use it later, but it seems that the variable declared > to the found string remains local. > > Is there a way to set variables from within functions/if statements so > they become available to all. > > Thnaks in advance > > R>