Reading a variable in another file

[d-woo]

Newbie question,

how do i read $username from file_b.php?

e.g. in file_a.php
<?
if{$username=="john"){
echo "John is online";
{
?>

[greg252]

include ('file_b.php');

check your braces.
<?
if ($username=="john"){
echo "John is online";
}
?>

[d-woo]

Thanks Greg...

Problem: file_b.php is over 900 lines of code and full of output.

What if you just want that one variable???

[bretticus]

Get the variable some other way. There has to be an alternative.

[Anon]

Store it in a session