Defined Variables Not Printing

[Anon]

Hey,

I have a template that I am using for every page on my site. The template looks like this:

<? include("/usr/home/offguard/webdocs/includes/header.inc") ?>
<? $title = 'An Online Publication';
$description = 'This page is cool.'; ?>

                      Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here. Body text Here.                          
      <? include("/usr/home/offguard/webdocs/includes/footer.inc")?>

---

I can print the variable as long as I put the code to print the variable in the actual template. I need to be able to print the variables in the text files that are included into the template! When I put the <? print $title ?> into the header.inc file it will not print! But if I put it in the template.phtml file it prints just fine!

What am I doing wrong here?

Thanks,

Jeremy

[steved]

Think of an include as putting a chunk of code into your original file. Since you include the header.inc file before you define your $title variable, it doesn't know what you want to print. Define the variable before the include and everything should work fine.