Variables Scope

[vijesh]

Hello,

I am declaring the variables in a file and including it the head of html like this
<? include("includes/vars.inc") ?>

Then in the body, I am referring to variables declared in vars.inc. For e.g.
I am unable to access the value of $sitename and $siteurl variables value. Is this assumption correct that I can access these values? If so, is there some environment setting that I need to do? Please help!!

<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" id="table1">
<tr>
<td>
<p align="left"><font size="5" color="#FFFFFF"><? echo $sitename ?></font></td>
<td>
<p align="right"><font size="2" color="#316595" face="Arial">
<a href="<? echo "$siteurl" ?>"><span style="text-decoration: none">
<font color="#FFFFFF">Homepage</font></span></a></font><font size="2" color="#FFFFFF" face="Arial">&nbsp; |
<A HREF="javascript:bookmark()"><font color="#FFFFFF">
<span style="text-decoration: none">Add to Favorites</span></font></A></font></td>
</tr>
</table>

[bpat1434]

yes, that's all correct.

Are you 100% sure that the path to vars.inc is correct? Remember that when including, paths are relative to the current executing script, not the HTTP root dir (like with HTML).

[kkobashi]

Assuming you are running under Apache, you can make use of the
$_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] variable to get the file path instead of URIs.

Lets take an example...

Assume you have the following directory layout on your Apache HTTP server:

/htdocs
/htdocs/yourwebsite
/htdocs/yourwebsite/inc
/htdocs/yourwebsite/core

Assume in /inc/vars.inc you have the following:

$g_var1 = "hello ";
$g_var2 = "world";

Then in, say, test.php you can do the following:

require_once($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] . "/inc/vars.inc");
echo $g_var1 . $g_var2;

?>