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[Anon]

I have two files. name.php and index.php
In name.php, I have the following script:

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$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[user_login];
$pieces = explode(".", $user_login);
$first_name = $pieces[0];
echo "Hello!   ";
print(ucfirst("$first_name"));

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This script takes info from a cookie and displays the person's name on the page.
If I open my web browser to name.php, the script works perfectly. On index.php, I include name.php The problem is, on index.php, everything from name.php shows up except for $first_name, which is derived from the cookie.

Does anyone know why this happens and is there a way to make it work?

[factory21]

How is the file included? if it's inside a function, you probably have variable scope issues.

you can declare $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS as global to make sure (if its in the global scope already, this doesn't hurt).

[Anon]

Cool! Your suggestion worked. Thanks.

Jamie