[RESOLVED] simple var prob from parent file to included file

VisionsOfCody

I've got some vars defined in an include called "global.php" at the top of the page

I can access these vars ok in the parent file that's doing the including

lower down the page i have another include "header.php" which needs to use those variables too but for some reason they're not accessible in this file :

<?php 

include("global.php"); // this contains the vars

// vars can be used fine here

include("header.php"); // this file can't use the vars

?>

where am i going wrong ???

thanks

VisionsOfCody

I'll put up the actual code - maybe that be better

ok so the parent file is

<?php require("../inc_global.php"); ?>

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Ecofic</title>
<meta name="description" content="" lang="fr" />

<?php require($site_root."/inc_meta.php"); ?>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $site_root ?>ecofic3.css">
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $site_root ?>crossfade.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $site_root ?>ecofic3.js"></script> 

</head>

<body>

<div id="frame">	

<?php require($site_root."/inc_header.php"); ?>		
<?php require($site_root."/inc_menubar.php"); ?>

the global file containing the vars is

<?php
class DB_site {
	function DB_site() {		
		$this->db = "ecofic";
		$this->host = "localhost";		
		$this->user = "root";
		$this->pass = "";		
		$this->link = mysql_connect($this->host, $this->user, $this->pass);
		mysql_select_db($this->db);		
	}
}
$DB_site = new DB_site;
$site_root = "http://127.0.0.1/Fic/";
$keywords = "panneau solaire";
?>

and the file that won't pick up the vars is this

		<div id="header">
		  <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="1000" height="74">
            <param name="movie" value="<?php echo $site_root; ?>energies-renouvelables-images/header.swf" />
            <param name="quality" value="high" />
			<param name="bgcolor" value="#AFB293" />
            <embed src="<?php echo $site_root; ?>energies-renouvelables-images/header.swf" width="1000" height="74" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#AFB293"></embed>
	      </object>
		</div>
		<!-- END header -->

i still can't see what could be preventing the inc_header.php file from picking up the variables

VisionsOfCody

.. and another aspect of the same problem is that I'm trying to use this now too

http://phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?p=10785004#post_message_10784981

to stop people loading includes outside of the page

I have defined the constant in the main page but the includes won't acknowledge its existence

VisionsOfCody

well - i haven't got the faintest idea why it wasn't working, but it is now !