Include Bug?

Hello, I have found troubling behavior using include() that looks like a bug. When I specify an include file by a full path name versus a relative path, PHP acts as though it has included the file, but variable and constant definitions in the include file are not coming through. My server is running PHP 4.3.1. Here is an example: I created a file called 'include.php', with the following contents: <? echo "include.php opened <br>"; //should print -only- if included, right? $testVar = "test succeeded!"; ?> Then I created 'test.php', with the following contents: <? $testVar = "not defined"; //include.php should redefine this as 'test succeeded!' //include("http://www.walkereffects.com/test/include.php"); // full path include("include.php"); // relative path echo $testVar; ?> Using the relative path version of include outputs: include.php opened test succeeded! And using the full path results in: include.php opened not defined This doesn't seem right! Any ideas how I can work around this? Steven J. Walker Walker Effects www.walkereffects.com steve@walkereffects.com