RE: [PHP] Problems with require() and variables

> -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Powell [mailto:soazine@erols.com] > Sent: 16 January 2003 04:33 > > I have view.php, a script that will include display.php and > have to manipulate the variables within display.php for itself. > > So in view.php I have: > > require('/.../.../display.php'); > > However, when display.php finishes being "required", I lose > all of my variables that I need for view.php. How do I > retain them?? You don't need to -- the included file is effectively part of the including file, so all variables available in one are equally available in the other. > How can I ensure that these variables in > display.php will also exist in view.php? By doing nothing. You must be doing something else wrong. Show us your code (or a relevant sample, if it's big!). Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211