Problems with include() function

[spoons84]

Hi guys, Im trying to use include() over a couple of files to split up the coding a bit...

Basically ive used:

include("http://localhost/project/searchField.php?homepage=$homepage"); 

To which searchFields.php will take the value homepage....

(Start and end of searchFields.php):

if ($homepage) {
.......
......
}
return $search;

I've been trying to call $search from the first page (echo $search😉 but it returns 1, I'm a bit stuck.......

Cheers spoons

[sneakyimp]

first off, i don't think you can include() files via HTTP protocol. You'll want to use a file system style path reference. ideally, it would be a relative path reference like this:

include('project/searchField.php');

secondly, if you want the variable $homepage to be defined when searchField.php gets evaluated, then just assign its value before you do the include like this:

$homepage = "myfile.html";
include('project/searchField.php');

Not sure what your code is doing, but i hope you find this useful.