Sorry... nevermind. I was developing as part of a team and it seems that my script is included in a function written by someone else. So my vars from my included files are local to the other function and not global.
Thanks! Shawn "Shawn McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > does it matter if a global command has bee issued before with vars other > than the $test var? i.e before the include if there is a global $somevar; > > -Shawn > > "Curt Zirzow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * Thus wrote Ford, Mike [LSS] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Ivo Fokkema [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: 13 August 2003 15:45 > > > > > > > > "Shawn McKenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > As far as I know, no defined variable is global by default. > > > > If you would > > > > really need this variable to be global, you'll need to do a > > > > > > > > global $test; > > > > > > > > to make $test global. > > > > > > Absolute rubbish!! ALL variables used in the global scope are > automatically > > > global and available in the superglobal array $GLOBALS. You're > confusing > > > this with the issue that global variables are not automatically > accessible > > > within functions but must be "imported" with the global statement. (And > a > > > global statement in the gloabl scope has absolutely no effect > whatsoever.) > > > > I also believe php gives a warning/error about globaling a global > > var in global scope. > > > > Curt > > -- > > "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure." > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
