global variable question

fxpepper

Hi,

I am trying to use this $cat_name in another file.

                      foreach ($news_category as $event) {
				$cat_name = html_entity_decode($event['name']);
			}

What's the best way to do that?
I thought I would make a global but it came up empty when I tried to use it in the other file (and i did call the above file in an include file) so I am guessing I am doing something wrong...

any suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks

NogDog

What do you mean by "use in another file"?

fxpepper

NogDog;10978755 wrote:
What do you mean by "use in another file"?

I wanted to access to this variable in another file? is that possible? does that make sense?

NogDog

At the risk of sounding like a smart-@$$, it depends on how you are accessing/using/running that other file.

If it is a separate script that gets launched separately (e.g. by a separate browser URL), then it will be ignorant of any variables used in another script. (Maybe a session variable could be used, but that depends on what you really need to do.) If it is a file that is being included/required by the first file, then the variable will be available to the included file as long as the variable would be in the global scope to begin with.

fxpepper

NogDog;10978762 wrote:
At the risk of sounding like a smart-@$$, it depends on how you are accessing/using/running that other file.

If it is a separate script that gets launched separately (e.g. by a separate browser URL), then it will be ignorant of any variables used in another script. (Maybe a session variable could be used, but that depends on what you really need to do.) If it is a file that is being included/required by the first file, then the variable will be available to the included file as long as the variable would be in the global scope to begin with.

here - maybe it be easier to show this:

for($j = 0; $j < $count; $j++) {			
			$cat = $cat_array[$j];
			echo "<h3>" . $cat . "</h3>";
			echo "<ul class=\"pods\">";	
			createNewsSection($cat_array[$j]);	
			echo "</ul>";

the createNewsSection contains the variable i want to access to in this above file...

sorry, I am little confused myself to explain properly i guess. Does this help?

thx again

NogDog

Hmm...maybe you just need to echo the return value of that function?

echo createNewsSection($cat_array[$j]);

But that's pure speculation, since I don't know what that function does or if it actually returns anything.

fxpepper

NogDog;10978780 wrote:
Hmm...maybe you just need to echo the return value of that function?
echo createNewsSection($cat_array[$j]);
But that's pure speculation, since I don't know what that function does or if it actually returns anything.

I wasn't actually but I think i will try that. thankyou!