nested includes

basilcrow

my setup is like this:

index.php

require_once "shared.inc.php";

site.inc.php

require_once "variables.inc.php";
require_once "database.inc.php";
require_once "layout.inc.php";

the problem is that when i set a variable in "variables.inc.php," if i try to use that variable from within layout.inc.php it doesn't work and i get "PHP Notice: Undefined variable" in my log files. how can i get layout.inc.php to "see" the variables i set in "variables.inc.php"?

thank you,

basil

basilcrow

shared.inc.php should be site.inc.php, sorry

tha_mink

Why require_once instead of plain old include.

with include you get a warning...with require you get a fatal error.

I can't help you as I can not reproduce the same error. I can nest includes inside of includes inside of includes and I still can use all my varibales.

But still I have always wondered...What's with require_once???

basilcrow

i have changed it to "include" and it still doesn't work. i'm using the latest snap of php-4.3 dev for windows on apache2. does it have anything to do with it if "globals" is on or off at php.ini? anyways, whether it's on or off it still doesn't work. what version of php/apache and/or operating system are u using?

thanks,

basil crow

Originally posted by tha_mink
Why require_once instead of plain old include.

with include you get a warning...with require you get a fatal error.

I can't help you as I can not reproduce the same error. I can nest includes inside of includes inside of includes and I still can use all my varibales.

But still I have always wondered...What's with require_once???

the_Igel

I suppose you do nested include inside of a function. Like

site.inc.php
///////////
function incl()
{
include 'foo.inc.php';
include 'bar.inc.php';
include 'baz.inc.php';
}
/////////////

Am I right?

Or maybe tiop include is in function.

tha_mink

Why make a function? That's silly. The variables should get passed regardless of how deeply nested your includes are...

You did

include("relative/path/to/file.php");

and it didn't work?

That's odd.

Are you sure your files are getting included?
Are you sure your variables are getting defined correctly?

basilcrow

Why make a function? That's silly. The variables should get passed regardless of how deeply nested your includes are...

no, i had no functions. and you're right, functions don't make sense!

yes, i did:

include("relative/path/to/file.php");

and it didn't work.

Are you sure your files are getting included?

yes, because any "echos" are echoed. only variables are only accessible from the include itself, not from the pages. and functions are accessible from the pages, just not the variables!!!

Are you sure your variables are getting defined correctly?

if this is how you define variables:

$dbserver = "localhost";

basil

basilcrow

alright, this is really bugging me . . .

i completely wiped apache, php, mysql off my computer, deleted all their folders, php.ini, dlls, everything. then one by one reinstalled each one. i decided to skip mysql for now, i just got

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/apache_2.0.43-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi
the latest apache and

the latest stable php snapshot (4.2.4-dev) -- php 4.2.3 didn't work with apache2 if i recall:
http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip

i installed apache, fine, installed php, fine . . . phpinfo() works fine, script works fine... but NO NESTED VARIABLES! i created a very simple test (under 1 kilobyte) which you can download at:
http://www.saintraphaelacademy.org/testcase.zip

it is just three files, can you try it and see if it works? if so you should see a phpself when you open index.php...

thanks for all your help! this is really driving me nuts...

basil

tha_mink

That is kinda weird. Why not try and solve your problem by including all files you need from index.php?

tha_mink

Well now I see your problem dude.

Your common_headers() function doesn't know about your varibles.
You need to define the variables you want to use when you define the function.

so like you function declaration would read like this...

function commonHeader($phpself) { ...

Letting the function know that you intend to use a variable from the outside world.

Then it will work if you call it like this...

commonHeader($phpself);

That has nothing to do with includes but rather functions.

You have to let the function know about the variables you intend to use. Alternately you could keep it like it is and just add the line...

global $phpself;

in your function declaration. That will force the function to inherit the $phpself variable.

Sucks you took down your whole server for that.

basilcrow

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!! got it working now!

i needed to upgrade my server anyway, it was using like the original release of apache2

Originally posted by tha_mink
Well now I see your problem dude.

Your common_headers() function doesn't know about your varibles.
You need to define the variables you want to use when you define the function.

so like you function declaration would read like this...

function commonHeader($phpself) { ...

Letting the function know that you intend to use a variable from the outside world.

Then it will work if you call it like this...

commonHeader($phpself);

That has nothing to do with includes but rather functions.

You have to let the function know about the variables you intend to use. Alternately you could keep it like it is and just add the line...

global $phpself;

in your function declaration. That will force the function to inherit the $phpself variable.

Sucks you took down your whole server for that.