Variables not being read when included in file

[Arc]

Hey guys.

I have a file that just has the database connection variables. If I use include to bring the file in I cannot connect to the database, but if I manualy put the variables in the file that is doing the connecting it works fine. Any idea why?

DBvars file

<?php
$Hostname = "localhost";
	$Database = "test";
	$Username = "test1";
	$Password = "pass1";

?>

File using the vars

include("../checklogin.php");
include("../includes/successerrorclass.php");
include("../includes/dbconvars.php");//if i just use this include it doesnt work
include("../includes/dbconnectclass.php");
$con=new DBConnectClass();
$se = new SuccessErrorClass();
$nav= new NavClass();

$nav->TopNav();
$nav->SideNav();

$Submit = $_POST['Submit'];
$FullName = $_POST['txtFullName'];
$Username = $_POST['txtUsername'];
$Password = $_POST['txtPassword'];
$Email = $_POST['txtEmail'];




//If I manualy put the vars in it works fine....
$Hostname = "localhost";
$Database = "test";
$Username = "test1";
$Password = "pass1";
$con->DBConnect($Database,$Hostname,$Username,$Password);
//Insert into DB
$Insert = "INSERT INTO tblUsers (FullName,Username,Password,Email)
VALUES ('$FullName','$Username','$Password','$Email')";
 $Result = mysql_query($Insert);
//close database connection
$con->DBClose();
  if (!$Result){
  	$se->ErrorMessage("SQL, Insert error");
  }else{
  	$se->SuccessMessage("User information succesfully added.", "../index.php", "home");
  }//end if


?>

[scrupul0us]

id say the paths in your include statement are wrong

way i see it the file using the vars is in a subdirectory and the vars file is in the parent

which is kinda backwards... something like those vans are typically put into a "secured" "inc" dir

also, use "require" instead of "include"

and do some testing:

require("foo.php") or die("bar");

[Arc]

The path is correct I have tested it. I have also tried require and require_once etc... and nothing works.

Hrmm...

[scrupul0us]

$con->DBConnect($Database,$Hostname,$Username,$Password) or DIE ($error);

where $error is the variable to stores the errors created by your DB

also, try echoing the variable contents when you use the require

[Arc]

Yah the "or die" is in the DBConnectClass...not used when calling the function because it is built into the function.

I will try printing out the variable values...but I assuming they are blank/empty/null.