Passing Varibles to Included PHP Files

Anon

Is it possible to pass a variable to a PHP file which is included in a PHP file? In a PHP file I want to be able to do this:

$menu="home";
include "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/pages/common/top.php$menu";

This way "top.php" could have access to the $menu variable. I could write a PHP function to do all of the HTML in top.php, but I only need it for single line in all of it.

Thanks,

James

finger

bad news: you cant pass parameters to a
script you include via include or require.
good news: you dont have to. if you do:
$menu = "home";
include "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/pages/common/top.php";

you've automatically access to $menu in top.php.

regards

finger

Anon

Thanks Finger!

Is there anywhere (URL) that you could recommend that has a description of the visibility of PHP variables?

Ta,

James

finger

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/function.include.php

if mean visibility in general i'd suggest
to browse through some tutorials (they tell
you all the genial stuff PHP does to variables :-)

if you could specify your question i'd be
glad to answer it

regards

finger