Re: A Simple Problem

> I have a small problem with using an include file. I have some code like > this: > > <? > include("login.php3"); > > if(@mysql_connect("localhost", "root")) { > $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); > mysql_select_db("olympic",$db); > } > else { > $errMsg = "There has been a problem opening the database!"; > require("../error.php"); > exit(); > } > ?> > > > The problem is that the value for $errMsg doesn't get passed to the > 'require'd file. Is this normal? If it is not done in this way, how else > is it possible? Using cookies? The $errMsg value should be visible in that script. However, it looks like that will be in the global namespace; if you are trying to access it within a function in error.php, you'd need to add a "global $errMsg;" to the top. What happens when you require() a file which contains only <? echo $errMsg; ?>? Chris