Re: Scope: global $GLOBALS[]

Help. After changing $pics on the setting screen, the picture screen will not recognize the new value. I'm just not clear where I need to set global (where it's being initially set or where it's being picked up later) especially where it bounces back & forth several times. For now I have global $pics everywhere. Is that bad? Paul Furman wrote:

template: -------------------- global $pics; if (!isset($pics)){$pics = 8;} picture screen: -------------------- global $pics; # works fine with the setting 8 from the template settings screen: -------------------- global $pics; print $pics; #for debugging, always follows template setting if (!isset($pics)){$pics = 5;} if ($_POST){

    if (isset ($_POST['thumbs'])){
      $pics = $_POST['thumbs'];
      print "settings have been changed";
    }

} ?> <form name="mail" action="<?php SCREEN_DIR . "/settings.php" ?>" method="post">

          <label for="thumbs">number of thumbnails per page: </label>
          <input type="text" name="thumbs" id="thumbs" size="2"
                 value="<?php print $pics ?>">
          <button type="submit">OK</button>

</form>