[RESOLVED] please help me, what i am i doing wrong

severndigital

Ok .. this is driving me MAD!!

even this simple example will not work.

here is my function code

<?


function genrandnum(){

$number = rand(7,7);

return $number;

}

?>

then i reference the function in another script and ask to echo $number

<? 
include 'function.php';




$num = genrandnum();


echo 'The Number is: ';
	echo $number;

?>

All i get are errors like this one.

Notice: Undefined variable: number in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\timeclock\testing\index.php on line 11

if i put all of the script together in one file it works fine like below.

<? 


$number = rand(7,7);


echo 'The Number is: ';
	echo $number;

?>

Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong??
Thank you in advance.
chris

discostudio

It sounds like your

error_reporting

variable is set to "ALL", meaning notices and errors will be shown.

This is a PHP.INI variable but can be set at the top of every php file like so:

error_reporting(E_ERROR);

That should stop the message.

blanius

<?
include 'function.php';

$num = genrandnum();

echo 'The Number is: ';
echo $number;//NOT THE SAME VARIABLE!!!! change to $num as above

severndigital

blanius wrote:
<?
include 'function.php';

$num = genrandnum();

echo 'The Number is: ';
echo $number;//NOT THE SAME VARIABLE!!!! change to $num as above

?>

That did the trick. Thanks a million.
Chris