Switch Statement question

[sks1024]

I have a page that includes a switch statement that is switched on a form value.

The page gets the variable from the form calls the switch and gets another value.

Works great.

In that same page there is another include that does some other things buts requires the value from the switch statement but is nor receiving it.

Can the value be passed among pages that included in the main page?

<?php
$category = $_POST['category'];  //form value
require("cat_switch.php"); // switch value returned


require("member_pic1_inc.php"); //this page doesn't get the switch value passed to it

?>

Any suggestions

Thanks for the help

[big_nerd]

I am completely unsure if it would work, since I don't entirely understand the question.. however, have you thought of using sessions?

[m_tt]

You could do something like this...

$_GET['category'] = $category;
require( "member_pic1_inc.php" );

Then inside of member_pic1_inc.php you could use $_GET['category']

[Weedpacket]

require("cat_switch.php"); // switch value returned

How does it return it? Does it set a variable in the global scope that is then used in member_pic1_inc.php (in the global scope)? Or does it use a return statement (in which case you should have $something = require() where $something is the variable that member_pic1_inc.php is expecting to see)?