setting a variable for another PHP page

mfacer

hey,
this is driving me mad - as it should be so simple?!!

I have a page which has a header, menu etc....

at the top of the page, I include a "config.php" file which stores the path to the pages... eg:

then in the main pages, I have other includes such as a menu.php... but I cannot access the $path variable in it.... here's an example of a page..

<?php include "config.php"; ?>
<HTML>
<BODY>
My page<BR><BR>
<?php include $path."menu.php"; ?>
</body>
</html>

so the above gets the menu file no problem, but inside t, I have links such as:

<a href="<?php echo $path; ?>about.php">About</a>

but I get a "notice: undefined variable, $path".....

how can I pass the variable to the page?!

thanks....

laserlight

how can I pass the variable to the page?!

Just ensure that the variables are available before the file is included.

... and that you're using a local pathname (i.e. with a relative path) - otherwise you have to use say, the query string to pass such information.

mfacer

thanks for the fast reply... I do set the variable before I include the other files... Its just weird because I include the config file which sets the $path var..... but when I include the menu.php later on, it says $path has not been set....... 😕

laserlight

dont set $path to = "http://www.blah.com/", set it to say "../"