Use and reuse a huge array

[mrbell]

I used the following includes in all of my pages on my site:

<?php include("header.inc"); ?>
<?php include("body.inc"); ?>
<?php include("random-image-generator.inc"); ?>
<?php include("footer.inc"); ?>

I want to use/reuse the variables from a huge array in the random-image-generator.inc file. How do I get the variables into:
header.inc
body.inc
footer.inc
without copying and pasting my huge array over and over?

[robert_w_ark]

use the include statement like u have, but use the variables within that file

[rehfeld]

$foo = 'i am foo';

include('foo.php');

// this is foo.php

echo $foo; // works

variables are available to use inside included files. include behaves almost exactly like cutting and pasting the contents of those files into the parent file.

read the manual page on include for more info.

[devinemke]

be advised: if you want variables declared in random-image-generator.inc to be available in header.inc and body.inc then you must include random-image-generator.inc first.

[mrbell]

$currentpage	= basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);	// e.g. index.php
$pagesection	= substr($currentpage, 3, 4);		// e.g. 3001, 3002, 3003... goes to 3089)
$orderofarray	= $pagesection-3000;				// e.g. 1, 2, 3... 89
		//		ARRAY KEY				ARRAY VALUES
		//		PHP FILES IN SITE		LINKS IN DYNAMIC MENU
$links1	= array("01-3001-01.php"	=>	"Section 1 Page 1",
				"01-3001-02.php"	=>	"Section 1 Page 2",
				"01-3001-03.php"	=>	"Section 1 Page 3",
				"01-3001-04.php"	=>	"Section 1 Page 4",
				"01-3001-05.php"	=>	"Section 1 Page 5",
				);
$links2	= array("01-3002-01.php"	=>	"Section 2 Page 1",
				"01-3002-02.php"	=>	"Section 2 Page 2",
				"01-3002-03.php"	=>	"Section 2 Page 3",
				"01-3002-04.php"	=>	"Section 2 Page 4",
				"01-3002-05.php"	=>	"Section 2 Page 5",
				);
$links3	= array("01-3003-01.php"	=>	"Section 3 Page 1",
				"01-3003-02.php"	=>	"Section 3 Page 2",
				"01-3003-03.php"	=>	"Section 3 Page 3",
				"01-3003-04.php"	=>	"Section 3 Page 4",
				"01-3003-05.php"	=>	"Section 3 Page 5",
				);
$picklinks = array("",
                     $links1,
                     $links2,
                     $links3,
					 );
foreach($picklinks[$orderofarray] as $filename=>$filetitle)
{
//Uses $currentpage to figure out which links to display in the menu, BUT it also
//Goes through each value in selected array and prints it accordingly (where I need help):
	if($currentpage=="index.php")
	{
	}
	//If the current page is index.php, then nothing happens.
	elseif($currentpage==$filename)
	{ 
	//If the current page is listed in the array key, then...
	$reuseable = substr($filetitle, 10);
	}
	//...this is the variable I want to use in header.inc and body.inc
	elseif($currentpage!=$filename)
	{
	}
	//If the current page does not match up with an array key, then nothing happens.
}

MY GOAL
1. Use the variable $reuseable in the html title tags of the header.inc file.
2. Use the variable $reuseable in the body of my pages.
3. Use the variable $reuseable anywhere without having to copy and paste the array code above into each include file.

IDEAS THAT GOT ME NOWHERE
1. Globals
2. Sessions
3. Cookies

HELP IF YOU CAN... 😕

[devinemke]

as i said in my previous post, simply [man]include[/man] the file before you call the subsequent scripts that use those variables.

[rehfeld]

try

echo $reusable;

in one of your included files. you will see it works.

again, read the manual for include

[mrbell]

I didn't realize the variables from my array (now located in header.inc) would pass to the foreach function anywhere on my site - anywhere after header.inc that is. I was thinking of foreach as a function() or something. Stupid mistake... thanks for your help everyone.