include file with parameter

[Anon]

Hi guys,

i'm coding a big php4 page, too big in fact, and i'd like to separate it into small file. Then i could include them in my main page.

i just don't know how to pass parameter to those include files?

i know that in the include file you can return value with the keyword 'return' but i had no clue on how send the file a parameter...

thanx,

Jacinthe

[cordex]

From what I remember of my past experiences with included files, variables are passed seamlessly between the included and parent files.

I just ran a test:

File 1: Parent file

<?php
$tmp = 4;
include ("temp2.php3");
echo "Changed variable: " .$tmp . "<BR>";
?>

File 2: "temp2.php3" - included file
<?php
echo "Included: " . $tmp . "<BR>";
$tmp++;
?>

Returned:
Included: 4
Changed variable: 5

So, no parameters need be sent.

[Anon]

Just be sure that, if you need the variable (parameter) to be available to your include file, put your include statement AFTER the variable definition in the parent file. For example:

$var = "foo";
include("somepage.php");

That way, the variable $var will have the value of "foo" within the parent page AND the include, until it is reset or destroyed.