Can not access global vars in PHP functions or scripts

xbuilder

Hi,

My PHP career < a few days. Here is my question:

I use CGI version of PHP and the session thing is disabled.
In my main script, I see values for variables like $REMOTE_USER.

But in the PHP functions or CGI scripts called from the main PHP script, these variables are empty. Why?

Thanks
XB

Weedpacket

A resource you'll be making heavy use of in the future: http://www.php.net/docs.php Others are listed in the FAQ at the top of this thread listing.
Also useful to you would probably be the Newbie's FAQ over in that forum; your specific problem may well be the first question asked there. You'll also want to look at this page. You probably want $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'] instead of $REMOTE_USER.

xbuilder

Thanks, Weedpacket.
I'll read the information you suggested.