Re: User Authentication Continued....

--- Jeff McKeon <jmckeon@telaurus.com> wrote: > The problem I'm having is with the $_GET variables. I guess I'm not > declaring them correctly. Do I need to set them as soon as the page > loads, and outside of any functions like so.. > > [code start] > $custid = $_GET['custid']; > $custname = $_GET['custname']; > [code end] > > Or do I need to declare them in each funtion? > > [code start] > Function blah(){ > global $custname, $custid; > > $custid = $_GET['custid']; > $custname = $_GET['custname']; > DO SOME STUFF.... > } $_GET is a superglobal, which just means that it is always available everywhere. If you assign $custname to $_GET['custname'], you now have a regular global variable (if the assignment is done outside a function) or a local variable (if the assignment is done within a function). So, either just use $_GET['custname'] everywhere you need it, or work with the variable scope like you would have to if it was anything else. For example: 1. $foo = $_GET['foo']; 2. $foo = 'bar'; The variable scope of $foo would be the same, regardless of which of those assignments were made. Hope that helps. Chris ===== My Blog http://shiflett.org/ HTTP Developer's Handbook http://httphandbook.org/ RAMP Training Courses http://www.nyphp.org/ramp