RE: [PHP] Confusing Problem

you'll need to make them global then... that's one thing that kept getting me when I started using php, global vars are only global if you tell them to be.... sorta like "local to the global scope" or something like that :) -----Original Message----- From: Tj Corley [mailto:tcorley@theplanet.com] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:09 AM To: DL Neil Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Confusing Problem they are in the same script outside the function. all the admin functions reside in a admin_func.php with the $db_host, etc, etc variables assigned before it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "DL Neil" <PHPml@DandE.HomeChoice.co.uk> To: "Tj Corley" <tcorley@theplanet.com> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 4:56 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Confusing Problem > Tj, > > > > I am really baffled by this problem. I have tried so many things to get > > this working but to no avail. Here is the > > actual code: > > > > function verify_user($username, $password){ > > $conn = mysql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass) or > ... > > Anyways the problem is I cannot get it to even get to the database. It > > works when I try to connect in the actual code before I call this function. > ... > > But when I do it that way it won't let me run a query right. I am so > > baffled. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks. > > > Remember the idea of the "scope" of a variable? (if not, please RTFM) > Where do the values of $db_host, $db_user, etc come from? > They are not in the argument list for verify_user(). > > Regards, > =dn > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net