Best way to store variables

[Anon]

Hello -

I am developing a site where I need to have several values extracted from the database and remain consistent throughout particular portions of the site. I have been doing it via hiddens tag that parse the data on to the following pages (the data remaians consistent until someone changes them via a form), but I was wondering if there was a sort of 'global' storing option so I wouldn't have to have every page filled with the same hidden tags. Would a cookie do this?

Thanks

Gordon

[dar-k]

U could use a session.
Check the documentation for session_start() and session_register()

Another option would be to run a function at the beginning of every page to extract your values.

For easy access I store such often-needed data in one big array.