include doesnt pass variables

Spades

test2.php
<?
echo"test <br>";

$a="so include works for stuff like this";
?>

     test.php

<?
include'test.php';

echo"Imported part of this string ";
echo $a;
?>

What happens is that the echo statment "test" is printed when test.php is run but the value of the variable $a is not print.

How can I get around that?

Also on a similar topic how can pass a variable/variables from one page to the next by the click of a button, on that same page there are multiple possible values for that variable/variables, which is determine by which button is click. I would be desirable if more than one variables could be passed.

Any Suggestions?

dcav

I'm not too sure what the problem is, but this would work:

test.php
<?
include'test2.php';

echo"Imported part of this string ";
echo $a;
?>

dcav

For your 2nd question, you could do the following:

pageOne.php
<?php
<a href="pageTwo.php?variable1=John&variable2=Doe">Click Me</a>
?>

pageTwo.php
<?php
$passedVar = $GET[variable1] . " " . $GET[variable2];
echo "My name is $passedVar";
?>

dcav

or use SESSION , if you don't want your passing variables to be shown on the URL.

If you are just talking passing variables in a function do the following:

function addFunc ($num1, $num2)
{
return ($num1 + $num2);
}

$answer = addFunc (2, 3);
echo "2 + 3 = $answer";

Good luck