include file.php how to pass variables

[helz]

ive heard of people using:
include "includedfile.php?variable=value";

but i am unsure as to how to get the value for the variable in the include.

any ideas?

[drawmack]

I usually just set the values of the variables before calling the include file like this:

<?php
$var1 = 1;
$var2 = 2;
include('file.php');
?>

then inside of file.php I can just reference $var1 and $var2. At the top of file.php I do a little self check to make sure that all of my variables are set like this.

<?php
$needed_vars = array('var1','var2');
foreach($needed_vars as $cur_var) {
    if(!isset($$cur_var)) {die("Please set \$$cur_var before calling file.php");
} //end foreach
?>

[helz]

ah okies
thanks again