Include and require

Hi all - I have several require_once statements in my web app to load in small function libraries. A common one bundles a variety of functions to handle date math and map month numbers to month names. I originally defined an array in that file plus a bunch of functions but when I loaded the page, the array variable, referenced further down the page, was NULL. I wrapped a function def around the array and returned it and all was fine. I may be suffering from mild hallucinations, but can you not define variables in a required file? It is not a scope issue as the array variable is referenced in the web page, not in any function. -- http://www.web-buddha.co.uk http://www.projectkarma.co.uk